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Bedd y cawr hillfort

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 102131
Trust : Clwyd Powys
Community : Cefnmeiriadog
Unitary authority : Denbighshire
NGR : SJ01327205
Site Type (preferred type first) : IRON AGE PROMONTORY FORT
Status : scheduled monument

Summary :
Hillfort on a natural promontory divided at south end by single bank with ditch outside enclosing an area of 0.8ha.

Description :
Hillfort on a natural promontory divided at south end by single bank with ditch outside enclosing an area of 0.8ha. The rampart at its highest is 2.43m high. It has a simple entrance.

Majority of site scheduled 22/4/98 (formerly only interior).

Sources :
Burnham, H., 1995 , A Guide to Ancient and Historic Wales: Clwyd and Powys
Cadw , 1985 , Cadw Field Monument Wardens Report - De037(DEN)
Cadw , 1991 , Cadw Field Monument Wardens Report - De037(DEN)
Cadw , 1997 , Cadw Field Monument Wardens Report - De037(DEN)
Cadw , 1997 , Scheduling map - De037(DEN) ( © Cadw)
Cadw , 1998 , Scheduling map - De037(DEN) ( © Cadw)
Cadw , 2002 , Cadw Field Monument Wardens Report - De037(DEN)
Cadw , 2004 , Cadw Field Monument Wardens Report - De037(DEN)
Cadw , 2006 , Cadw Field Monument Wardens Report - De037(DEN)
Davies, E., 1929 , The Prehistoric and Roman remains of Denbighshire ( © Davies, E)
Gibson, A M , 1996 , Proposed Cefn Meiriadog Watermains Refurbishment: archaeological assessment ( © Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust)
Ordnance Survey , 1963 , OS record card SJ 07 SW 13
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales , 1914 , Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire - IV County of Denbigh

Events :
35000 : Cefn Merriadog Watermains, assessment 1996 (year : 1996)

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Compiled date : 31-10-1990


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March 30, 2025, 4:32 pm - File produced for Archwilio from CPAT's Regional HER.
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