LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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HER: Clwyd Powys 927 (None)
NMR: SO 01 SE (305950)
SM: BR123(POW)
NGR: SO0595014800
X: 305950 Y: 214800 (OSGB36)
High, D-shaped, univallate, inland promontory fort located on the SSW-facing edge of a ridge/spur above Nant Cavan on SE and present Pontsticill Reservoir on SW, formerly valley of Taf Fechan. Land falls steeply on SE, S and W to the rivers and to N and NE rises gradually to the twin summits of Pant Creigiau and Cern Tareni-cochion. Measures 135m NE-SW by 85m with internal area 0.75ha. Defined by natural scarps to SE, elsewhere defined by a semi-circular bank and outer ditch to 4m in height from bank top to ditch bottom. Ditch c. 0.8m deep where visible. 30m gap between NE end of ramparts and natural defence on SE possibly result of plough damaged or unfinished. Entrance. at SW corner. Part excavated by P. Murray Threipland in 1950's but no details and report unpublished. Casual finds reported from interior but no details. On 1st Ed. OS map (1887). Undated.
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -374709 Y: 6768335 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -3.366069420815598 Latitude: 51.82383717808747 (EPSG:4326)
Country: Wales
Current County or Unitary Authority: Powys
Historic County: Brecknockshire
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Talybont-on-Usk
Part of NW destroyed for c. 40m by quarrying with sporadic hollows and spoil heaps, otherwise generally well-preserved. Kiln remains in outer scarp on NE. Site crossed by modern walls and sheep fold in NE corner.
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✓ |
Upland moorland grazing and bracken. Wooded slopes down to rivers. Spoil heaps.
| Woodland | ✗ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✗ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✓ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✓ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✓ |
High, D-shaped, univallate, inland promontory fort located on the SSW-facing edge of a ridge/spur above Nant Cavan on SE and present Pontsticill Reservoir on SW, formerly valley of Taf Fechan. Land falls steeply on SE, S and W to the rivers and to N and NE rises gradually to the twin summits of Pant Creigiau and Cern Tareni-cochion.
| 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: Spur
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✓ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✗ |
Altitude: 426.0m
N/A
None
Reliability: D - None
| Pre 1200BC | ✗ |
| 1200BC - 800BC | ✗ |
| 800BC - 400BC | ✗ |
| 400BC - AD50 | ✗ |
| AD50 - AD400 | ✗ |
| AD400 - AD 800 | ✗ |
| Post AD800 | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✓ |
| Pre Hillfort: | None |
| Post Hillfort: | None |
On 1st Ed. OS map (1887). Part excavated by P. Murray Threipland in 1950's but no details and report published. NE corner recorded in RCAHMW Uplands Initiative Survey c. 2006. CPAT defended enclosures survey 2006-2007.
| Other (1887): | OS map. |
| Excavation (None): | P. Murray Threipland |
| Other (None): | CPAT defended enclosures survey 2006-2007. |
| Other (None): | NE corner in RCAHMW Uplands Initiative Survey. |
Casual finds reported from interior but no details. No excavation report published.
None
| 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 | ✗ |
No excavation report published.
| 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 | ✗ |
Casual finds reported from interior but no details.
| 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 | ✗ |
Entrance. at SW corner where simple gap between end of rampart and natural scarp.
| 1: | None |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. Simple Gap (South west): | None |
Defined by natural scarps to SE, elsewhere defined by a semi-circular bank and outer ditch to 4m in height from bank top to ditch bottom. Ditch c. 0.8m deep where visible. 30m gap between NE end of ramparts and natural defence on SE possibly result of plough damaged or unfinished.
| Area 1: | 0.75ha. |
| Total: | 0.75ha. |
Total Footprint Area: Noneha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✗ | Natural defence on SE. |
| NE Quadrant: | 1 |
| SE Quadrant: | 0 |
| SW Quadrant: | 1 |
| NW Quadrant: | 1 |
| Total: | 1 |
| Partial Univallate | ✓ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✗ |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
Possibly unfinished on NE.
| None | ✗ |
| Earthen Bank | ✓ |
| Stone Wall | ✗ |
| Rubble | ✗ |
| Wall-walk | ✗ |
| Evidence of Timber | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✗ |
| Berm | ✗ |
| Unfinished | ✓ |
| Other | ✗ |
No excavation report published.
| 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 |
| ✓ | None |
Number of Ditches: 1
| ✗ | None |
Silvester, B. 2007. The Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust. Defended enclosures in Brecknock, CPAT Report No 859, Welshpool: CPAT.
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