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HER: Dyfed 964 (None)
NMR: SN 13 NW 7 (402703)
SM: PE306(PEM)
NGR: SN 1031 3968
X: 210310 Y: 239680 (OSGB36)
Univallate inland promontory fort located in Coed Cwm Gloyne on SW-facing spur above steep wooded stream valley c. 40m below to E and S, stream flowing into Afon Nyfer to SW. Steep surrounding slopes to E, S and W, steep then moderate to N along promontory. Natural defence on S and W by steep valley slopes and on E by 25m wide natural gully, on whose opposite bank is Cwm Gloyne Camp (Eastern enclosure) Atlas No 1889. About 46m rampart and ditch cuts of the promontory on approachable NE side to give internal area c. 40m deep by 40m, with internal area c. 0.2ha. Bank c. 2m high and ditch 5m wide. Although bank runs to scarp edge on W, stops short midway across promontory, where presumed lay entrance. E end of bank destroyed and rest affected by burrowing animals. Test excavation by Mytum and Webster (2001) found possible circular building, complex fill of post-hole giving radio-carbon date calibrated to 1610+/-60 BP (calibrated at 2 sigma to AD 260-280 and 320-600) and held to suggest ritual activity. Single spindle-whorl suggests Iron Age origins. Medieval pottery recovered. Under deciduous woodland.
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -530571 Y: 6804283 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -4.766202039005912 Latitude: 52.02298610696899 (EPSG:4326)
Country: Wales
Current County or Unitary Authority: Pembrokeshire
Historic County: Pembrokeshire
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Nevern
E end of bank destroyed and rest affected by burrowing animals.
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✓ |
Under deciduous woodland with rock outcrops.
| Woodland | ✓ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✗ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✗ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Univallate inland promontory fort located in Coed Cwm Gloyne on SW-facing spur above steep wooded stream valley c. 40m below to E and S, stream flowing into Afon Nyfer to SW. Steep surrounding slopes to E, S and W, steep then moderate to N along promontory.
| 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: 107.0m
N/A
Spindle whorl suggests Iron Age date. Radio-carbon date calibrated to 1610+/-60 BP (calibrated at 2 sigma to AD 260-280 and 320-600). Medieval pottery.
Reliability: B - Medium
| Pre 1200BC | ✗ |
| 1200BC - 800BC | ✗ |
| 800BC - 400BC | ✗ |
| 400BC - AD50 | ✓ |
| AD50 - AD400 | ✓ |
| AD400 - AD 800 | ✗ |
| Post AD800 | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✗ |
| Pre Hillfort: | None |
| Post Hillfort: | None |
| Artefactual: | Spindle whorl suggests Iron Age date. |
| C14: | Radio-carbon date calibrated to 1610+/-60 BP (calibrated at 2 sigma to AD 260-280 and 320-600). |
Field Observation OS 1974. Field Observation DAT 2003. Part Excavation H. Mytum and C.J. Webster, University of York 1986. Cambria Archaeology defended enclosures survey 2006-2007. .
| Other (1974): | Field observation OS. |
| Excavation (1986): | H. Mytum and C.J. Webster, University of York. |
| Other (2003): | Field observation DAT. |
| Other (None): | Cambria Archaeology defended enclosures survey. . |
Possible circular building. Single spindle-whorl and medieval pottery were also recovered.
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 | ✗ |
Possible circular building.
| No Known Excavation | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Postholes | ✓ |
| Roundhouses | ✓ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| Nothing Found | ✗ |
Possible circular building.
| No Known Geophysics | ✗ |
| Pits | ✗ |
| Roundhouses | ✓ |
| Rectangular Structures | ✗ |
| Roads/Tracks | ✗ |
| Quarry Hollows | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
| Nothing Found | ✗ |
Single spindle-whorl and medieval pottery were also recovered.
| 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 | ✗ |
Bank runs to scarp edge on W, stops short midway across promontory, where presumed lay entrance.
| 1: | None |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. Simple Gap (North east): | None |
About 46m rampart and ditch cuts of the promontory on approachable NE side to give internal area c. 36m deep. Bank c. 2m high and ditch 5m wide.
| Area 1: | 0.2ha. |
| Total: | 0.2ha. |
Total Footprint Area: Noneha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✗ | None |
| NE Quadrant: | 1 |
| SE Quadrant: | 0 |
| SW Quadrant: | 0 |
| NW Quadrant: | 0 |
| Total: | 1 |
| 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 |
Number of Ditches: 1
| ✗ | None |
Murphy, K., Ramsey, R., Poucher, P. and Page, M. 2007. A Survey of Defended Enclosures in Pembrokeshire, 2006-2007: Gazetteer of Ordnance Survey Grid Squares SN03, SN13 and SN23. Cambria Archaeology Report No. 2007/01, Project Record No. 54269, Llandeilo: Cambria Archaeology.
Mytum, H. and Webster, C.J. 2001. Cwm Gloyne II, Stud Celtica, 35, 98-108.
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