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Clyn-Yr-Ynys

Ceredigion, Wales ยท Atlas WA2372

Location

Atlas number
WA2372 (2372)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Ceredigion
Historic county
Cardiganshire
Parish, community, or townland
Y Verwig
National Grid reference
SN17065080
Latitude
52.12512
Longitude
-4.67390
Altitude
60 m

Form and condition

Type
hillslope fort
Condition
Cropmark and Likely destroyed
Morphology
bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
2
Number of ditches
1
Possible original entrances
2
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
0.12 ha
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
Simple Gap (South east); Simple Gap (South west)

Landscape

Topographic position
hillslope
Aspect
northwest
Land use
pasture and arable

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (2003); Other (2006)

Identifiers

HER
Dyfed 52062
National record
record SN 15 SE; monument 308516
Wikidata
Q31109340

Sources

References

  1. Murphy, K, Ramsey, R. and Page, M. 2006. A survey of defended enclosures in Ceredigion 2006: Gazetteer of Ordnance Survey Grid Squares SN14 and SN15, Project Report No. 2006/20, Project Record No. 54269, Llandeilo: Cambria Archaeology.