LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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HER: Dyfed 2820 (None)
NMR: SM 82 SE (305322)
SM: PE422(PEM)
NGR: SM 8628 2395
X: 186280 Y: 223950 (OSGB36)
Small, multivallate, inland promontory fort located on SE-facing promontory just above a stream convergence and the headwaters of Crow Cwm. Steep surrounding slopes to NE, E and S, moderate along spur to N and W. Small triangular internal area c. 45m E-W by 55m, with area c. 0.25ha. Three substantial banks and ditches cut off the promontory on NW for c. 110m across and 50m wide; elsewhere defended by the steep slopes. Substantial inner earth and stone bank, rising to over 3m high, and rock-cut ditch, largest of three. Middle bank to 1.5m high, with shallow ditch, whlist outer to 1.3m high with no ditch visible.Other two outer banks not concentric with inner and gap of c. 17m between outer edge of inner ditch and middle bank, suggesting two phased construction. At S end, space of c. 12m between middle and outer banks. W-facing entrance at S end of defences. Excavations (Dark 1990) found complex sequence of occupation, from a pre-defensive Bronze Age use, the Iron Age hillfort, Roman and early Medieval occupation and medieval and post-medieval use. Interior grassy scrub, wooded slopes to stream on E and S. On 1st Ed. OS map (1889).
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -568413 Y: 6777200 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -5.106137206965619 Latitude: 51.87302934302992 (EPSG:4326)
Country: Wales
Current County or Unitary Authority: Pembrokeshire
Historic County: Pembrokeshire
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Brawdy
Prominent ramparts.
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✗ |
Rough grass and scrub interior.
| Woodland | ✗ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✗ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✓ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Small inland promontory fort located on SE-facing promontory just above a stream convergence and the headwaters of Crow Cwm. Steep surrounding slopes to N, E and S, moderate along spur to W.
| 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: 80.0m
N/A
Complex sequence of occupation, from a pre-defensive Bronze Age use, the Iron Age hillfort, Roman and early Medieval occupation and medieval and post-medieval use. No further details.
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: | No further details. |
On 1st Ed. OS map (1889). Field observation OS 1973. Excavation 1985-90 by K.R. Dark. Field observation CADW 1985, 1995, 1998, 2002. Cambria Archaeology defended enclosures survey 2006-2007.
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (1889): | OS map. |
| Other (1973): | Field observation OS. |
| Excavation (None): | K.R. Dark. |
| Other (None): | Field observation CADW. |
| Other (None): | Cambria Archaeology defended enclosures 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 | ✗ |
W-facing entrance at S end of defences.
| 1: | None |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. Simple Gap (West): | None |
Three substantial banks and ditches cut off the promontory on NW for c. 110m across and 50m wide; elsewhere defended by the steep slopes. Substantial inner earth and stone bank, rising to over 3m high, and rock-cut ditch, largest of three. Middle bank to 1.5m high, with shallow ditch, whlist outer to 1.3m high with no ditch visible.Other two outer banks not concentric with inner and gap of c. 17m between outer edge of inner ditch and middle bank, suggesting two phased construction. At S end, space of c. 12m between middle and outer banks.
| Area 1: | 0.25ha. |
| Total: | 0.25ha. |
Total Footprint Area: Noneha.
None
| ✓ | Other two outer banks not concentric with inner and gap of c. 17m between outer edge of inner ditch and middle bank, suggesting two phased construction, but no details. |
| ✗ | None |
| NE Quadrant: | 0 |
| SE Quadrant: | 0 |
| SW Quadrant: | 0 |
| NW Quadrant: | 3 |
| Total: | 3 |
| 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 | ✗ |
No details.
| 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 |
| ✓ | Inner rock-cut, middle bank ditch shallow and outer bank ditch not visible. |
Number of Ditches: 2
| ✗ | None |
Crossley, D.W. 1963. List of Hill-Forts and other earthworks in Pembrokeshire, Bull Board Celtic Stud, 20, 180.
Dark, K.R. 1990. Brawdy. Unpublished interim reports. No details.
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 SM72 and SM82, Cambria Archaeology Report No. 2007/01, Project Record No. 54269, Llandeilo: Cambria Archaeology.
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