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Castell Goetre

Ceredigion, Wales ยท Atlas WA2310

Location

Atlas number
WA2310 (2310)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Ceredigion
Historic county
Cardiganshire
Parish, community, or townland
Llanfair Clydogau
National Grid reference
SN60325095
Latitude
52.13910
Longitude
-4.04250
Altitude
235 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
3.96 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and counterscarp bank
Also recorded
multi-period enclosure system and ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South west)

Landscape

Topographic position
ridge
Aspect
level
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1889); Other (2006)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
CD107
HER
Dyfed 4019
National record
record SN 65 SW 1; monument 303540
Wikidata
Q31109220

Sources

References

  1. Hogg, A.H.A. 1962. List of hill-forts in Cardiganshire, Bull Board Celtic Stud, 19, 358.
  2. Rees, S. 1992. A guide to ancient and historic Wales - Dyfed, London: HMSO, 84-5.
  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.