LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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HER: Clwyd Powys 997 (None)
NMR: SO 01 8NW 2 (306201)
SM: None
NGR: SO13408755
X: 313400 Y: 287550 (OSGB36)
Contour hillfort, the largest of a cluster of mostly small forts around The Mule watercourse, a tributary of the River Severn, and up to the Kerry Ridgeway. Surrounding slopes to N precipitous, S moderate to strong, E steep and W moderate. D-shaped in plan measuring c. 120m E-W by 90m with internal area at least c. 0.6ha. Two scarped banks on S and W, c. 15m and 10m apart respectively, to 1.8m high on S to 0.8m high on W, where reduced by agriculture. Quarry to SE corner. N from quarry single bank c. 10m wide 0.5m high ending abruptly c. 30m from the ravine. All works now hardly visible. Possibly third rampart on W (Hughes 1928), but not visible by CPAT (2007). No ditches. Two possible entrances, on NE, within the gap referred to above, another possibly at junction of single and double banks on SE. Site much eroded. Pasture interior with wooded surrounding slopes to N and E. On 1st Ed. OS map (1885). Minimal investigations, undated.
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -364746 Y: 6887194 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -3.276570337330716 Latitude: 52.47895231194511 (EPSG:4326)
Country: Wales
Current County or Unitary Authority: Powys
Historic County: Montgomeryshire
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Kerry
Much eroded.
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✓ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✗ |
Interior pasture, surrounding slopes wooded to N and E.
| Woodland | ✓ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✓ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✗ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Contour hillfort, the largest of a cluster of mostly small forts around The Mule watercourse, a tributary of the River Severn, and up to the Kerry Ridgeway. Surrounding slopes to N precipitous, S moderate to strong, E steep and W moderate.
| 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: 345.0m
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 (1885). CPAT topographical survey 1978. CPAT defended enclosures in Montgomeryshire survey 2007-2008.
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885): | OS map. |
| Earthwork Survey (1978): | CPAT topographical survey. |
| Other (2007): | CPAT defended enclosures in Montgomeryshire survey. |
None
Stream 0.1km 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 | ✗ |
None
| 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 | ✗ |
Two possible entrances, on NE within the 30m gap, another possibly at junction of single and double banks on SE.
| 1: | None |
| 2: | Possible sites only - not visible as such. |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. Simple Gap (North east): | Type estimated. |
| 2. Simple Gap (South east): | Type estimated. |
Two scarped banks on S and W, c. 15m and 10m apart respectively, to 1.8m high on S to 0.8m high on W, where reduced by agriculture. Quarry to SE corner. N from quarry single bank c. 10m wide 0.5m high ending abruptly c. 30m from the ravine. All defences now hardly visible. Possibly third rampart on W (Hughes 1928), but not visible by CPAT (2007). No ditches.
| Area 1: | 0.6ha. |
| Total: | 0.6ha. |
Total Footprint Area: 0.6ha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✗ | None |
| NE Quadrant: | 0 |
| SE Quadrant: | 2 |
| SW Quadrant: | 2 |
| NW Quadrant: | 0 |
| Total: | 2 |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✓ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✗ |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
None
| 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 |
| ✗ | None defined. |
Number of Ditches: 0
| ✗ | None |
Collens, J.1988. Iron Age and Romano-British Settlement in the Upper Severn Valley, Unpublished thesis, University of Birmingham
Hankinson, R. 2008. Defended enclosures in Montgomeryshire. Project Report. CPAT Report No 918, Welshpool: CPAT.
Hughes, I .T. 1928. The hill camps of Montgomeryshire, The Montgomeryshire Collections, 40, 85-108.
Musson, C. 2012. Montgomeryshire hillforts and enclosures from the air, in Britnell, W.J. and Silvester, R.J. (eds) Reflections on the past. Essays in honour of Frances Lynch. Cambrian Archaeological Association, 351-368.
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments and Constructions in Wales and Monmouthshire, 1911. An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, I, County of Montgomery, No. 296, London: HMSO.
Spurgeon, C.J. 1972: In Lynch, F. and Burgess, C. (eds.), Prehistoric man in Wales and the west, 335, 34, plan, Bath: Adams and Dart.
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