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Tal-y-Gareg, Tonfanau Quarry, Towyn
Gwynedd, Wales ยท Atlas WA4346
Location
- Atlas number
- WA4346 (4346)
- Country
- Wales
- Current county or unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Historic county
- Merioneth
- Parish, community, or townland
- Llangelynin
- National Grid reference
- SH57410358
- Latitude
- 52.61125
- Longitude
- -4.10732
- Altitude
- 152 m
Form and condition
- Type
- contour fort
- Condition
- Extant
- Morphology
- bivallate
- Complete rampart circuit
- Yes
- Number of ramparts
- 2
- Number of ditches
- 2
- Possible original entrances
- 1
- Breaks through the ramparts
- 1
- Enclosing works, as visible
- earthen bank and stone wall
- Also recorded
- ditches
- Entrance forms
- Simple Gap (South)
Landscape
- Topographic position
- ridge
- Aspect
- level
- Land use
- pasture
Dating
- Dating
- undated
- Dating reliability
- D - None
Interior and investigation
- Investigations
- Other (1985); Other (1987-1994); Other (2005-2006)
Identifiers
- HER
- Gwynedd 1778
- National record
- record SH 50 SE; monument 301736
- Wikidata
- Q31054619
Sources
References
- Bowen E.G. and Gresham, C.A. 1967. History of Merioneth ,1, Dolgellau, 167-8.
- Gruffydd, A. and Riley, H. 1992. Minerals: An Archaeological Assessment of Mineral Extraction Sites and Resources within the Snowdonia National Park, GAT Report No. 023b, Bangor: Gwynedd Archaeological Trust.
- Longley, D. 2000. Tal-y-garreg: A Multi Period Hillfort in Western Meirionnydd, unpublished monograph.
- Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions in Wales and Monmouthshire 1921. An inventory of the ancient monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, IV, County of Merioneth, London: HMSO.
- Smith, G.H. 2006. A survey of prehistoric defended enclosures in north-west Wales 2005-2006: Gwynedd Dwyfor and Meirionnydd. Report No 634. Part I: Survey Report. Bangor: Gwynedd Archaeological Trust.
- Smith, G.H. 2009. A Visitor Guide to the Main Iron Age Hill Forts of Meirionnydd, Bangor: Gwynedd Archaeological Trust.
- Waddington, K. 2013. The Settlements of Northwest Wales: From the Late Bronze Age to the Early Medieval Period, Cardiff: University of Wales Press.