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Maes Ifan
Carmarthenshire, Wales ยท Atlas WA2277
Location
- Atlas number
- WA2277 (2277)
- Country
- Wales
- Current county or unitary authority
- Carmarthenshire
- Historic county
- Carmarthenshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Llanfynydd
- National Grid reference
- SN57422950
- Latitude
- 51.94564
- Longitude
- -4.07590
- Altitude
- 259 m
Form and condition
- Type
- promontory fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Complete rampart circuit
- No
- Number of ditches
- 0
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Enclosed area
- 1.8 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- stone wall
- Entrance forms
- In-turned (West)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- inland promontory and cliff, plateau edge, or scarp
- Aspect
- south
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (1968); Other (2008)
Identifiers
- HER
- Dyfed 693
- National record
- record SN 52 NE 7; monument 100676
- Wikidata
- Q31110189
Sources
References
- 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 SNX, DYFED ARCHAEOLOGICAL TRUST REPORT NO. 2007/27, PROJECT RECORD NO. 62767, Llandeilo: Dyfed Archaeological Trust.