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Pwll-y-Rhyd

Powys, Wales ยท Atlas WA4087

Location

Atlas number
WA4087 (4087)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Powys
Historic county
Brecknockshire
Parish, community, or townland
Ystradfellte
National Grid reference
SN 9144 1366
Latitude
51.81059
Longitude
-3.57640
Altitude
355 m

Form and condition

Type
hillslope fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
univallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
1
Possible original entrances
0
Breaks through the ramparts
0
Enclosed area
0.9 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank

Landscape

Topographic position
ridge and hillslope
Aspect
southwest
Land use
woodland and pasture

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Investigations
Other (2010); 1st Identified Written Reference (2013)

Identifiers

HER
Clwyd Powys
National record
monument 413296
Wikidata
Q31065249

Sources

References

  1. RCAHMW 2013. Pwll-y-Rhyd, possible Iron Age hillfort, Ystradfellte. Archaeol Wales, 52, 172.