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Castell Disgwylfa

Ceredigion, Wales ยท Atlas WA2327

Location

Atlas number
WA2327 (2327)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Ceredigion
Historic county
Cardiganshire
Parish, community, or townland
Trawsgoed
National Grid reference
SN68737367
Latitude
52.34532
Longitude
-3.92852
Altitude
213 m

Form and condition

Type
contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Number of ditches
0
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
1
Enclosed area
0.07 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (East)

Landscape

Topographic position
spur
Aspect
west
Land use
pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
curvilinear platforms
Investigations
1st Identified Map Depiction (1888); Other (2006)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
CD125
HER
Dyfed 2004
National record
record SN 67 SE; monument 303564
Wikidata
Q31109348

Sources

References

  1. Hogg, A.H.A. 1962. List of hill-forts in Cardiganshire, Bull Board Celtic Stud, 19, 361.
  2. Murphy, K, Ramsey, R. and Page, M. 2006. A survey of defended enclosures in Ceredigion 2006: Gazetteer of Ordnance Survey Grid Square SN67, Project Report No. 2006/20, Project Record No. 54269, Llandeilo: Cambria Archaeology.