LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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HER: Clwyd Powys 759 (None)
NMR: SJ 10 NW (306750)
SM: MG124(POW)
NGR: SJ11730957
X: 311730 Y: 309570 (OSGB36)
Small, multivallate, contour hillfort located on a prominent hill overlooking the Afron Banwy neu Einion, 1.5km away, and Yr Haffes watercourse, 0.5km distant. Moderate to strong surrounding slopes. Oval shape measures c. 74m by 48m, with 0.36ha interior area. Despite small size defined by five ramparts, now mostly reduced to terraces apart from on N and W where three appear constructed. Possibly phased. Possible boulder construction and possibly revetted. No interior features. Entrance on E where third and fourth ramparts linked to form an entrance passage. The hillfort was carefully and expertly planned and built to achieve a final plan which is difficult to parallel in other parts of central Wales, although mulitvallate sites are common (Driver, 2007). Spring below site to N of possible significance. Upland pasture with banks affected by hedge-lines on N and S. On 1st Ed. OS map (1886). Minimal investigations, undated.
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -368137 Y: 6923399 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -3.3070264989232574 Latitude: 52.67659283796695 (EPSG:4326)
Country: Wales
Current County or Unitary Authority: Powys
Historic County: Montgomeryshire
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Llangyniew
Ramparts now reduced to terraces. Crossed by deep field drains. Banks affected by hedge-line boundaries on NW and SE.
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✗ |
Upland pasture.
| Woodland | ✗ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✓ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✗ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Multivallate contour hillfort located in commanding position on prominent N-S aligned hill above bend of Afon Banwy neu Einion to SW of its confluence with Afon Vyrnwy and Yr Haffes watercourse, 0.5km distant. Moderate to strong surrounding slopes. Commanding position.
| 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: 207.0m
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 (1886). CPAT Montgomeryshire Small enclosures project 1990-97. RCAHMW investigation 2007.
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (1886): | OS map. |
| Other (2007): | RCAHMW investigation. |
| Other (None): | CPAT Montgomeryshire Small enclosures project. |
None.
Yr Haffes watercourse 0.5 km outside fort. Prominent spring below fort to N.
| 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 | ✗ |
Entrance on E where third and fourth ramparts linked to form an entrance passage.
| 1: | None |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. Passage-way/Corridor (East): | Third and fourth ramparts linked to form an entrance passage. |
Despite small size defined by five ramparts, now mostly reduced to terraces apart from on N and W where three appear constructed. Possibly phased. Possible earth and boulder construction and possibly revetted. Possibly up to five originally. Buried features in part?
| Area 1: | 0.36ha. |
| Total: | 0.36ha. |
Total Footprint Area: Noneha.
None
| ✓ | Area estimated. As well as the main concentric ramparts, there are traces of discontinuous and more denuded interim ramparts on the south and west sides, suggesting more than one phase of development (Driver, 2007). |
| ✓ | Ramparts now mostly reduced to terraces. Actual quadrants in phasing not determined. |
| NE Quadrant: | 5 |
| SE Quadrant: | 5 |
| SW Quadrant: | 3 |
| NW Quadrant: | 3 |
| Total: | 5 |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✓ |
| Unknown | ✗ |
| Partial Univallate | ✗ |
| Univallate | ✗ |
| Partial Bivallate | ✗ |
| Bivallate | ✗ |
| Partial Multivallate | ✗ |
| Multivallate | ✗ |
Possible earth and boulder construction of ramparts. Possibly revetted.
| 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 |
| ✓ | Possibly up to five originally. Buried features in part? |
Number of Ditches: 5
| ✗ | None |
Driver, T. 2007. Reference, Coflein, RCAHMW.
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. 581 London: HMSO.
Silvester, R.J. and Britnell, W.J. 1993. Montgomeryshire small enclosures project. Summary Report 1993, CPAT Report No 80, Welshpool, Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust.
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