LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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HER: Clwyd Powys 312 (None)
NMR: SO 26 SE 6 (300469)
SM: RD013(POW)
NGR: SO 28430 61010
X: 328430 Y: 261010 (OSGB36)
Substantial, large, part-wooded, elongated contour hillfort located on steep slopes above Hindwell Brook. Very steep or precipitous surrounding slopes on N, S and W, steep on E. Measures c. 700m long E-W by 230m N-S overall at E end. with internal area c. 5.6ha. On SE and S sides single bank up to 1.5m high with an exterior ditch 0.9m deep. On N side two ramparts up to 3.5m high with a deep exterior ditch up to 6m below the bank top. Two banks also at far SW. Intermittent counterscarp around parts of circuit. Possible phased construction suggested because of morphology, but no details. Main entrance on NW overlapping with tortuous funelled approach between to banks and possible barbican. Sides wooded, felling has part freed interior. On 1st Ed. OS map (1887-89). Minimal investigations, undated but chance finds of Romano-British material (undefined) of 1st to 2nd century AD.
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -339484 Y: 6844105 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -3.0496392256270903 Latitude: 52.242570093185115 (EPSG:4326)
Country: Wales
Current County or Unitary Authority: Powys
Historic County: Radnorshire
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Old Radnor
Sides wooded, felling has part freed interior.
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✗ |
Part wooded site with grass and scrub.
| Woodland | ✓ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✓ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✓ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Large, part-wooded, elongated contour hillfort located on steep slopes above Hindwell Brook. Very steep or precipitous surrounding slopes on N, S and W, steep on E.
| Contour Fort | ✓ |
| Partial Contour Fort | ✗ |
| Promontory Fort | ✗ |
| Hillslope Fort | ✗ |
| Level Terrain Fort | ✗ |
| Marsh Fort | ✗ |
| Multiple Enclosure Fort | ✗ |
| Hilltop | ✓ |
| Coastal Promontory | ✗ |
| Inland Promontory | ✗ |
| Valley Bottom | ✗ |
| Knoll/Hillock/Outcrop | ✗ |
| Ridge | ✗ |
| Cliff/Plateau-edge/Scarp | ✗ |
| Hillslope | ✗ |
| Lowland | ✗ |
| Spur | ✗ |
Dominant Topographic Feature: Hill top
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✓ |
Altitude: 313.0m
N/A
Hillfort undated. Chance finds of Romano-British material of 1st to 2nd century AD. Not defined.
Reliability: D - None
| Pre 1200BC | ✗ |
| 1200BC - 800BC | ✗ |
| 800BC - 400BC | ✗ |
| 400BC - AD50 | ✗ |
| AD50 - AD400 | ✗ |
| AD400 - AD 800 | ✗ |
| Post AD800 | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✓ |
| Pre Hillfort: | None |
| Post Hillfort: | Chance finds of Romano-British material of 1st to 2nd century AD. Not defined. |
| Artefactual: | Chance Romano-British finds. No details. |
On 1st Ed. OS map (1887-89). CPAT defended enclosures survey 2006.
| Other (2006): | CPAT defended enclosures survey 2006. |
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (None): | OS map. |
Chance finds of Romano-British material of first to second century AD. Not defined.
Hindwell Brook 0.3 km outside fort.
| None | ✓ |
| Spring | ✗ |
| Stream | ✗ |
| Pool | ✗ |
| Flush | ✗ |
| Well | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| No Known Features | ✓ |
| Round Stone Structures | ✗ |
| Rectangular Stone Structures | ✗ |
| Curvilinear Platforms | ✗ |
| Other Roundhouse Evidence | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| No Known Excavation | ✓ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| Nothing Found | ✗ |
None
| No Known Geophysics | ✓ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| Nothing Found | ✗ |
Chance finds of Romano-British material of first to second century AD. Not defined.
| No Known Finds | ✗ |
| Pottery | ✗ |
| Metal | ✗ |
| Metalworking | ✗ |
| Human Bones | ✗ |
| Animal Bones | ✗ |
| Lithics | ✗ |
| Environmental | ✗ |
| Other | ✓ |
None
| APs Not Checked | ✓ |
| None | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✗ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Main entrance on NW overlapping with tortuous funelled approach between to banks and possible barbican. Whether any of gaps other than on NW are also original has not been determined.
| 5: | Whether any of gaps other than on NW are also original has not been determined. |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. Over-lapping (North west): | None |
On SE and S sides single bank up to 1.5m high with an exterior ditch 0.9m deep and. On N side two ramparts up to 3.5m high with a deep exterior ditch up to 6m below the bank top. Two banks also at far SW. Intermittent counterscarp around parts of circuit. Possible phased construction.
| Area 1: | 5.6ha. |
| Total: | 5.6ha. |
Total Footprint Area: Noneha.
None
| ✓ | Possible phased construction suggested as result of morphology, but no details. |
| ✓ | None |
| NE Quadrant: | 2 |
| SE Quadrant: | 1 |
| SW Quadrant: | 2 |
| NW Quadrant: | 2 |
| Total: | 2 |
| Partial Univallate | ✓ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✓ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✗ |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✓ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
Intermittent counterscarp around parts of circuit.
| None | ✗ |
| Earthen Bank | ✓ |
| Stone Wall | ✗ |
| Rubble | ✗ |
| Wall-walk | ✗ |
| Evidence of Timber | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✓ |
| Berm | ✗ |
| Unfinished | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
None
| None | ✗ |
| Earthen Bank | ✗ |
| Stone Wall | ✗ |
| Murus Duplex | ✗ |
| Timber-framed | ✗ |
| Timber-laced | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✗ |
| Berm | ✗ |
| Unfinished | ✗ |
| No Known Excavation | ✓ |
| Other | ✗ |
| ✗ | None |
| ✓ | On SE and S sides exterior ditch 0.9m deep and . On N deep exterior ditch up to 6m below the bank top. |
Number of Ditches: 2
| ✗ | None |
Royal Commission on the ancient and historical monuments and constructions in Wales and Monmouthshire 1913. An inventory of the ancient monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, III, County of Radnor, No. 163, London: HMSO.
Savory, H.N. 1952: List of hill-forts and other earthworks in Wales, IV, Radnorshire, Bull Board Celtic Stud, 16, 76.
Silvester, R.J. and Hankinson, R. 2006. Defended enclosures in Radnorshire. Project report, CPAT Report 781, Welshpool: CPAT,
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