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Caer Cadwgan, Cellan

Ceredigion, Wales · Atlas WA2309

Caer Cadwgan, Cellan is a contour fort in Llanfair Clydogan, Ceredigion, Wales.

Other names on the record: Caer Morrice and Gelli-Gaer Hillfort.

It is recorded as extant, with a univallate rampart form, surface evidence of stone wall, and an enclosed area of 0.44 hectares.

Banks or ramparts are the remains most likely to be visible.

The topographic record places it on a hilltop and at 290 m.

The aspect is recorded as level.

Recorded land use includes pasture, scrub or bracken, and heather moorland.

Dating evidence is recorded for 800–400 BC, 400 BC–AD 50, AD 50–400, and AD 400–800 (Artefactual and C14). Reliability is recorded as B - Medium.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (CD114).

Location

Atlas number
WA2309 (2309)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Ceredigion
Historic county
Cardiganshire
Parish, community, or townland
Llanfair Clydogan
National Grid reference
SN62244795
Latitude
52.11263
Longitude
-4.01325
Altitude
290 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
3
Breaks through the ramparts
3
Enclosed area
0.44 ha
Footprint
1.29 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
stone wall
Enclosing works, excavated
stone wall
Also recorded
annex, multi-period enclosure system, and ditches
Entrance forms
Hollow Way (South west); Simple Gap (South west); Simple Gap (North west); Blocked (North east)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture, scrub or bracken, and heather moorland

Dating

Dating
800–400 BC, 400 BC–AD 50, AD 50–400, and AD 400–800
Dating evidence
Artefactual and C14
Dating reliability
B - Medium

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
curvilinear platforms and quarry hollows
Interior excavation
postholes, roundhouses, and quarry hollows
Finds
pottery, metalworking, animal bones, and environmental material
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1888); Other (1988); Other (2006); Excavation (1984-1986)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
CD114
HER
Dyfed 1919
National record
record SN 64 NW; monument 92307
Wikidata
Q31109209

Sources

References

  1. Austin, D., Bell, M., Burnham, B. and Young, R. 1984-88. The Caer Cadwgan project, Interim reports of 1984-88, Lampeter: St David's University College.
  2. Daves, J.L. and Hogg, A.H.A. 1994. The Iron Age, in eds Davies, J.L and Kirby, D.P. From the earliest times to the coming of the Normans, Cardiganshire County History, Vol 1, Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 220-74.
  3. Murphy, K, Ramsey, R. and Page, M. 2006. A survey of defended enclosures in Ceredigion 2006: Gazetteer of Ordnance Survey Grid Squares SN64, SN65 and SN66, Project Report No. 2006/20, Project Record No. 54269, Llandeilo: Cambria Archaeology.