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Cefnbenydd

Carmarthenshire, Wales ยท Atlas WA2275

Location

Atlas number
WA2275 (2275)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Carmarthenshire
Historic county
Carmarthenshire
Parish, community, or townland
Llanwrda
National Grid reference
SN71663263
Latitude
51.97723
Longitude
-3.87001
Altitude
180 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant, Cropmark, and Likely destroyed
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.77 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
annex and ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (East)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (2006); Other (2008); Other (2007-2008)

Identifiers

HER
Dyfed 63182
National record
record SN 73 SW; monument 404679
Wikidata
Q31110175

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.