LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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LiDAR 1m DTM Hillshade
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HER: Dyfed 2341 (None)
NMR: SN 34 SE (303772)
SM: CD276
NGR: SN3581840193
X: 235818 Y: 240193 (OSGB36)
Formerly an isolated inland promontory site situated on a bluff high above bend of the Afon Teifi. Steep slopes on NE to S side, with level ground to N and W. Measures c. 75m deep, with internal area 1.12ha. Promontory cut off on N and W by two curving and widely-spaced ramparts and ditches, the inner c. 124m long, with entrance to S end, and the outer c. 50m, with inturned entrance, also at S end. WWII excavations (no details) to parts of ramparts and interior, in advance of prison camp building, found inner enclosure had palisade running along summit of the promontories natural slopes. Four roundhouses in the lee of the inner rampart investigated. Finds from this area included nails, coal fragments and a broken amber bead, possibly indicating Romano-British use. Virtually destroyed. Pasture interior. Woodland surrounds to E and S. On 1st Ed. OS map (1888).
Citizen Science: ✗
Reliability of Data: Confirmed
Reliability of Interpretation: Confirmed
X: -489254 Y: 6806589 (EPSG: 3857)
Longitude: -4.39504172282437 Latitude: 52.035733967046134 (EPSG:4326)
Country: Wales
Current County or Unitary Authority: Ceredigion
Historic County: Cardiganshire
Current Parish/Community/Council/Townland: Llandyfriog
Virtually destroyed. Setting affected by development to W.
| Extant | ✗ |
| Cropmark | ✗ |
| Likely Destroyed | ✓ |
Pasture interior. Woodland surrounds to E and S.
| Woodland | ✗ |
| Commercial Forestry Plantation | ✗ |
| Parkland | ✗ |
| Pasture (Grazing) | ✓ |
| Arable | ✗ |
| Scrub/Bracken | ✗ |
| Bare Outcrop | ✗ |
| Heather/Moorland | ✗ |
| Heath | ✗ |
| Built-up | ✗ |
| Coastal Grassland | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Formerly an isolated inland promontory site situated on a bend of the Afon Teifi and cut off by two widely- spaced ramparts.
| 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: 61.0m
N/A
Finds from roundhouses included nails, coal fragments and a broken amber bead, possibly indicating Romano-British period.
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: | Finds from roundhouses included nails, coal fragments and a broken amber bead, possibly indicating Romano-British period. |
On 1st Ed. OS map (1888). WWII excavations to parts of ramparts and interior, in advance of prison camp building.
| 1st Identified Map Depiction (1888): | OS map. |
| Other (2006): | Cambria Archaeology defended enclosures survey. |
| Excavation (None): | WWII excavations to parts of ramparts and interior, in advance of prison camp building. |
Four roundhouses in the lee of the inner rampart investigated. Finds from roundhouses included nails, coal fragments and a broken amber bead, possibly indicating Romano-British period.
Afon Teifi 0.02km 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 | ✗ |
Four roundhouses in the lee of the inner rampart investigated.
| 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 | ✗ |
Finds from roundhouses included nails, coal fragments and a broken amber bead, possibly indicating Romano-British period.
| 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 rampart entrance on SW. Outer rampart entrance on SW inturned.
| 2: | None |
| 2: | None |
Guard Chambers: ✗
Chevaux de Frise: ✗
| 1. Simple Gap (West): | Inner entrance |
| 2. In-turned (West): | Outer entrance |
Two curving and widely-spaced ramparts and ditches, the inner c. 124m long. WWII excavations (no details) to parts of ramparts found inner enclosure had palisade running along summit of the promontories natural slopes.
| Area 1: | 1.12ha. |
| Total: | 1.12ha. |
Total Footprint Area: Noneha.
None
| ✗ | None |
| ✗ | None |
| NE Quadrant: | 0 |
| SE Quadrant: | 0 |
| 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 | ✗ |
None
| None | ✗ |
| Earthen Bank | ✓ |
| Stone Wall | ✗ |
| Rubble | ✗ |
| Wall-walk | ✗ |
| Evidence of Timber | ✗ |
| Vitrification | ✗ |
| Other Burning | ✗ |
| Palisade | ✗ |
| Counter Scarp Bank | ✗ |
| Berm | ✗ |
| Unfinished | ✗ |
| Other | ✗ |
Excavations to parts of ramparts and interior, found inner enclosure had palisade running along summit of the promontories natural slopes.
| 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 |
| ✓ | Ditches to both ramparts. |
Number of Ditches: 2
| ✗ | None |
Hogg, A.H.A. 1962. List of hill-forts in Cardiganshire, Bull Board Celtic Stud, 19, 364.
Murphy, K, Ramsey, R. and Page, M. 2006. A survey of defended enclosures in Ceredigion 2006: Gazetteer of Ordnance Survey Grid Squares SN32, SN33 and SN34, Project Report No. 2006/20, Project Record No. 54269, Llandeilo: Cambria Archaeology.
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Lock, Gary and Ralston, Ian. 2024. Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland. Available at: https://hillforts.arch.ox.ac.uk
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