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Castell Olwen
Ceredigion, Wales ยท Atlas WA2285
Location
- Atlas number
- WA2285 (2285)
- Country
- Wales
- Current county or unitary authority
- Ceredigion
- Historic county
- Cardiganshire
- Parish, community, or townland
- Lampeter Rural
- National Grid reference
- SN 5802 4923
- Latitude
- 52.12326
- Longitude
- -4.07558
- Altitude
- 130 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- 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
- 0.6 ha
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (West)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- knoll or outcrop
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- woodland and pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (2006); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1888-1889)
Identifiers
- Scheduled monument number
- CD161
- HER
- Dyfed 781
- National record
- record SN 54 NE; monument 303857
- Wikidata
- Q31109143
Sources
References
- Murphy, K, Ramsey, R. and Page, M. 2006. A survey of defended enclosures in Ceredigion 2006: Gazetteer of Ordnance Survey Grid Squares SN54 and SN55, Project Report No. 2006/20, Project Record No. 54269, Llandeilo: Cambria Archaeology.