Satellite Imagery
Satellite Imagery
HER: Dyfed 3227 (None)
NMR: SM 90 SW (305288)
SM: PE262(PEM)
NGR: SM 9337 0304
X: 193370 Y: 203040 (OSGB36)
Much mutilated possible partial contour hillfort located on N-facing crest of rounded ridge slope above craggy slope directly overlooking tidal reach of Milford Haven at the mouth of the Pembroke River. Steep surrounding slopes, slightly less on W. Only remaining visible remains are two lengths of bank, c. 45m long and to 1.5m high, with trace of external ditch. probably defining E and W sides of the hillfort. Banks to N and S gone, but would have enclosed oval or D-shaped enclosure c. 70m by 75m. None defined, but section provided by a pipe trench indicates that site extended further to S, with possible entrance on S side (DAT 1979). Setting much affected by power station to S and former WWII structures damaged site. Improved pasture with scrub on banks and wooded slope to tideway to N. The two banks are shown on 1st Ed. OS map (1875), therefore N and S sides lost before that date. Undated.
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -555578 Y: 6743899 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -4.99084471318451 Latitude: 51.68795274085074 (EPSG:4326)
Country: Wales
Current County or Unitary Authority: Pembrokeshire
Historic County: Pembrokeshire
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Hundleton
Site much mutilated and N and S banks gone. Setting affected by power station. Former WWII structures damaged site.
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✓ |
Improved pasture with scrub on banks. Former WWII structures damaged site.
| Woodland | ✗ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✓ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✓ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✓ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✓ |
Much mutilated, possible partial contour hillfort located on N-facing crest of rounded ridge slope above craggy slope directly overlooking tidal reach of Milford Haven at the mouth of the Pembroke River. Steep surrounding slopes, slightly less on 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: Ridge
| North | ✓ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✗ |
Altitude: 31.0m
N/A
None
Reliability: D - None
| Pre 1200BC | ✗ |
| 1200BC - 800BC | ✗ |
| 800BC - 400BC | ✗ |
| 400BC - AD50 | ✗ |
| AD50 - AD400 | ✗ |
| AD400 - AD 800 | ✗ |
| Post AD800 | ✗ |
| Unknown | ✓ |
| Pre Hillfort: | Possible pre-rampart activity indicated (RCAHMW Coflein after DAT 1979) - detail not defined |
| Post Hillfort: | Former WWII structures. |
1st Ed. OS map (1875). Field Observation OS1965,1975. Section excavation DAT 1979. Field observation AMB 1981. Field observation CADW 1993, 2000. Field observation DAT 1994, 2007. Cambria Archaeology defended enclosures survey 2006-2007.
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (1875): | OS map. |
| Excavation (1979): | DAT section excavation. |
| Other (1981): | Field observation AMB. |
| Other (None): | Field Observation OS. |
| Other (None): | Field observation CADW. |
| Other (None): | Field observation DAT. |
| Other (None): | Cambria Archaeology defended enclosures survey. |
Pipeline section. Nothing found.
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 | ✗ |
Pipeline section.
| 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 | ✗ |
None defined, but section provided by a pipe trench indicates that site extended further to S, with possible entrance on S side.
| 1: | Conjecture only. |
| 2: | Possible site. |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. Simple Gap (South): | Type conjecture. |
Only remaining visible remains are two lengths of bank, c. 45m long and to 1.5m high, with trace of external ditch. probably defining E and W sides of the hillfort. Banks to N and S gone, but pipeline section determined site extended to S.
| Area 1: | 0.3ha. |
| Total: | 0.3ha. |
Total Footprint Area: Noneha.
None
| ✗ | Approximate area. |
| ✓ | Banks lost on N and S, but would formerly have enclosed circuit. |
| NE Quadrant: | 1 |
| SE Quadrant: | 1 |
| SW Quadrant: | 1 |
| NW Quadrant: | 1 |
| 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 | ✗ |
Pipeline section determined site extended to S.
| 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 |
| ✓ | Possible trace of outer ditch. |
Number of Ditches: None
| ✗ | None |
Crossley, D.W. 1963. List of Hill-Forts and other earthworks in Pembrokeshire, Bull Board Celtic Stud, 20, 194.
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 SM90 and SN00, Cambria Archaeology Report No. 2007/01, Project Record No. 54269, Llandeilo: Cambria Archaeology.
RCAMWM 1925: Pembrokeshire Inventory No. 214; RCAMWM 1925. An inventory of the ancient monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, VII, County of Pembroke, London: HMSO, No. 876.
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