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Cefn Crug

Carmarthenshire, Wales ยท Atlas WA2260

Location

Atlas number
WA2260 (2260)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Carmarthenshire
Historic county
Carmarthenshire
Parish, community, or townland
Llandovery
National Grid reference
SN78603550
Latitude
52.00458
Longitude
-3.77003
Altitude
190 m

Form and condition

Type
promontory fort
Condition
Extant, Cropmark, and Likely destroyed
Morphology
partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 2, SE 0, SW 0, NW 0
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
annex and ditches
Entrance forms
Other Forms (North east)

Landscape

Topographic position
inland promontory and ridge
Aspect
southwest
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (2003-2008); Other (2007-2008)

Identifiers

HER
Dyfed 14309
National record
record SN 73 NE; monument 114143
Wikidata
Q31110146

Sources

References

  1. Murphy, F., Ramsey, R., Page, M. and Murphy, K. 2008. A SURVEY OF DEFENDED ENCLOSURES IN CARMARTHENSHIRE, 2007-08: GAZETTEER OF ORDNANCE SURVEY GRID SQUARES SN72, SN73, SN74, SN83 and SN84, DYFED ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST REPORT NO. 2007/27, PROJECT RECORD NO. 62767, Llandeilo: Dyfed Archaeological Trust.