LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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HER: Clwyd Powys 1259 (None)
NMR: SJ 21 SE (94037)
SM: MG21(POW)
NGR: SJ2976313998
X: 329763 Y: 313998 (OSGB36)
Small, multivallate, partial contour hillfort located on S-facing hillside of New Pieces, 240m SE of, and below, Y Breiddin hillfort (Atlas No 1276) and near Bausley Hill (Atlas No 1197) and Cefn-y-Castell, Middletown Hill (Atlas No 1198) hillforts. N, E and W surrounding slopes moderate to strong, moderate to S. Measures c. 56m N-S by 54m, with internal area c. 0.4ha and 106m N-S by 78m overall with area c. 0.8ha. W and N protected by double widely-spaced ramparts. Inner of earth and stones with external stone revetment and internal timber. Berm and V-shaped ditch. Outer line was a stone wall minus a ditch. Inner entrance on the NW, part inturned; outer also on the NW. Excavation of oval hut by O'Neil 1933-5. Romano British material, from the late 1st to 4th century AD found. Later excavation produced imported late Roman glass and pottery with evidence of 5th and 6th century AD occupation. Scheduled area of The Breiddin hillfort. Upland pasture, scrub and trees. On 1st Ed. OS map (1886-87). 5
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -338557 Y: 6931195 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -3.0413056553476285 Latitude: 52.719033837255914 (EPSG:4326)
Country: Wales
Current County or Unitary Authority: Powys
Historic County: Montgomeryshire
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Bausley with Criggion
Fair condition.
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✗ |
Upland pasture, scrub and trees.
| Woodland | ✗ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✓ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✗ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Small, multivallate, partial contour located on S-facing hillside of New Pieces 240m SE of and below Y Breiddin hillfort. N, E and W surrounding slopes moderate to strong, moderate to S.
| 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: Ridge
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✓ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✗ |
Altitude: 289.0m
N/A
Assumed Iron Age, excavation in 1933-5 produced Romano British material, from the late 1st to 4th century AD.
Reliability: C - Low
| Pre 1200BC | ✗ |
| 1200BC - 800BC | ✗ |
| 800BC - 400BC | ✗ |
| 400BC - AD50 | ✓ |
| AD50 - AD400 | ✗ |
| AD400 - AD 800 | ✗ |
| Post AD800 | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✗ |
| Pre Hillfort: | None |
| Post Hillfort: | None |
| Artefactual: | Romano British material. |
On 1st Ed. OS map (1886-87). Excavation by O'Neil, B.H. St J. 1933-35. Excavation and geophysical survey C.J. Arnold and J.W. Huggett 1996. CPAT Montgomeryshire Small enclosures project 1990-97.
| Excavation (1996): | C.J. Arnold and J.W. Huggett. |
| Geophysical Survey (1996): | C.J. Arnold and J.W. Huggett. |
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (None): | OS map. |
| Excavation (None): | B.H. St J. O'Neil. |
| Other (None): | Montgomeryshire Small enclosures project. |
Oval hut excavated near inner entrance. Excavation in 1933-5 produced Romano British material, from the late 1st-4th century AD and late Roman glass and pottery found. Evidence of metal working.
Possible on site supply.
| 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 | ✗ |
Oval hut excavated near inner entrance.
| 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 | ✓ |
Excavation in 1933-5 produced Romano British material, from the late 1st-4th century AD and late Roman glass and pottery found. Evidence of metal working.
| 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 | ✗ |
Inner entrance on the NW, part inturned. Outer also on the NW.
| 2: | None |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. In-turned (North west): | Part inturned inner entrance. |
| 2. Simple Gap (North west): | Outer entrance. |
W and N protected by double widely-spaced ramparts. Inner of earth and stones with external stone revetment and internal timber. Berm and V-shaped ditch. Outer line was a stone wall minus a ditch.
| Area 1: | 0.4ha. |
| Total: | 0.4ha. |
Total Footprint Area: 0.8ha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✓ | 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 | ✗ |
Earth and stone banks.
| None | ✗ |
| Earthen Bank | ✓ |
| Stone Wall | ✗ |
| Rubble | ✓ |
| Wall-walk | ✗ |
| Evidence of Timber | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✗ |
| Berm | ✓ |
| Unfinished | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Evidence of banks construction.
| 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 |
| ✓ | V-shaped ditch. |
Number of Ditches: 1
| ✗ | None |
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O'Neil, B. H. St. J. 1937. Excavations at Breiddin Hill Camp, Montgomeryshire, 1933-35 , Arch Camb, 92, 86-128.
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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