LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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HER: Dyfed 368 (None)
NMR: SN 62 SE (100872)
SM: CM037d(CAM)
NGR: SN68562426
X: 268560 Y: 224260 (OSGB36)
Contour hillfort located in a commanding summit position on a small knoll, part of the sandstone Garn Goch ridge overlooking and commanding the Tywi valley NE of Llandeilo. Opposite the confluence of the Afon Tywi and Afon Dulais. Smaller, slightly lower and less spectacular of the two hillforts in close proximity on the ridge; Y Gaer Fawr, Carn Goch (Atlas No. 2136) c. 0.15km to NE. Steep surrounding slopes on NW, slightly less elsewhere. Oval shaped measuring 168m E-W by 115m, with internal area 1.5ha. Rather weak main dry-stone wall defines site, with second wall on the inner W side of the main wall and of laid stone slabs of different construction, Hogg (1974) suggesting that this was unfinished and part of a second construction phase. No ditch. Out-turned E-facing entrance opens onto a walled trackway descending for c. 60m into the hollow below Y Gaer Fawr. Single roundhouse suggested by RCAHMW in 1917, but no trace now. Rocky rough grazing with much bracken. On 1st Ed. OS map (1887). Minimal investigations, undated.
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -435472 Y: 6782298 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -3.9119146916391934 Latitude: 51.90129553726778 (EPSG:4326)
Country: Wales
Current County or Unitary Authority: Carmarthenshire
Historic County: Carmarthenshire
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Llangadog
Fair condition. Common land.
| Extant | ✓ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✗ |
Rough upland grazing, moorland and bare rock.
| Woodland | ✗ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✓ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✓ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✓ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Contour hillfort located in a commanding summit position on part of the sandstone Garn Goch ridge overlooking and commanding the Tywi valley NE of Llandeilo. Opposite the confluence of the Afon Tywi and Afon Dulais. Smaller, slightly lower and less spectacular of the two hillforts in close proximity on the ridge. Steep surrounding slopes on NW, slightly less elsewhere.
| 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: Knoll on hill top ridge.
| North | ✗ |
| Northeast | ✗ |
| East | ✗ |
| Southeast | ✗ |
| South | ✗ |
| Southwest | ✗ |
| West | ✗ |
| Northwest | ✗ |
| Level | ✓ |
Altitude: 210.0m
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 (1887). Field Observation OS. A.H.A. Hogg investigation and survey c. 1974. Field Observation CADW 1992, 1998, 2002. Dyfed Archaeological Trust defended enclosures survey 2007-2008.
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (1887): | OS map. |
| Other (1968): | Field observation OS. |
| Other (1988): | Visited by Hillfort Study Group |
| Other (None): | Field Observation CADW 1992, 1998, 2002. |
| Other (None): | Dyfed Archaeological Trust defended enclosures survey. |
| Other (None): | A.H.A. Hogg investigation and survey. |
Single roundhouse suggested by RCAHMW in 1917, but no trace now.
Nearest water on Y Gaer Fawr, Carn Goch (Atlas No. 2136).
| None | ✓ |
| Spring | ✗ |
| Stream | ✗ |
| Pool | ✗ |
| Flush | ✗ |
| Well | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Single roundhouse suggested by RCAHMW in 1917, but no trace now.
| 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 | ✗ |
Out-turned E-facing entrance opens onto a walled trackway descending for c. 60m into the hollow below Y Gaer Fawr.
| 1: | None |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. Out-turned (East): | None |
Rather weak main dry-stone wall defines site, with second wall on the inner W side of the main wall and of laid stone slabs of different construction. No ditch.
| Area 1: | 1.5ha. |
| Total: | 1.5ha. |
Total Footprint Area: Noneha.
None
| ✓ | Phased construction suggested by Hogg (1974). Rather weak main dry-stone wall defines site, with second wall on the inner W side of the main wall and of laid stone slabs of different construction, Hogg suggesting that this was unfinished and part of a second construction phase. |
| ✓ | None |
| NE Quadrant: | 1 |
| 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 | ✗ |
Stone-walled site. Rather weak main dry-stone wall defines site, with second wall on the inner W side of the main wall and of laid stone slabs of different construction, Hogg (1974) suggesting that this was unfinished and part of a second construction phase.
| 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: 0
| ✗ | None |
Hogg, A.H.A 1974. Carn Goch, Carmarthenshire, Arch Camb, 123, 46-48.
Murphy, F., Ramsey, R., Page, M. and Murphy, K. 2008. A Survey of Defended Enclosures in Carmarthenshire, 2007-08: Gazetteer of Ordnance Survey Grid Squares SN61, SN62, SN63 and SN64,, Dyfed Archaeological Trust Report No. 2007/27, Project Record No. 62767, Llandeilo: Dyfed Archaeological Trust.
Rees, S. 1992. A guide to ancient and historic Wales - Dyfed, 85-6, London: HMSO, 86.
Royal Commission on the ancient and historical monuments and constructions in Wales and Monmouthshire 1917. An inventory of the ancient monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire, V, Carmarthen, 427, London: HMSO.
Savory, H.N. 1954. List of hill-forts and other earthworks in Carmarthenshire. Bull Board Celtic Stud, 16, 56.
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