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Mitchel-Troy Enclosure

Monmouth, Wales ยท Atlas WA2439

Location

Atlas number
WA2439 (2439)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Monmouth
Historic county
Monmouthshire
Parish, community, or townland
Mitchel Troy
National Grid reference
SO490106
Latitude
51.79236
Longitude
-2.73991
Altitude
60 m

Form and condition

Type
hillslope fort
Condition
Extant
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ditches
3
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank
Also recorded
ditches

Landscape

Topographic position
hillslope
Aspect
southeast
Land use
pasture and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (1999); Other (2005)

Identifiers

HER
Glamorgan Gwent 08941g
National record
record SO 41 SW; monument 86820
Wikidata
Q31096275

Sources

References

  1. Gerrard, C., Wiggins, H., and Evans, E. 2006. Prehistoric defended enclosures in Glamorgan with recommendations for fieldwork: Year 3 Report, GGAT Report No. 2006/089, Project No. GGAT78, Swansea: GGAT.