Gwynedd Archaeological
Trust Regional Historic Environment Record
Earthwork Enclosure, Llifad
Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 3053 Trust : Gwynedd Community : Mechell Unitary authority : Ynys Mon NGR : SH38499106 Site Type (preferred type first) : ROMAN ENCLOSURE Status : Scheduled Monument
Description : On the S slope of Pen-y-morwydd; it is a rough pentagonal enclosure with a ditch and two banks. the defences remain in their original state on the E side only, elsewhere the earthwork has been almost ploughed away. There is an entrance at the W angle.
Classed with other C2nd-4th AD sites in the category of Din Lligwy. <1>
The enclosure is as described with an entrance in the W. The flat bottomed ditch in the E is some 2m deep with and inner and outer bank. <2>
Square earthwork enclosure, one of two in the valley, 'which has one side tolerably preserved' and covers an area 50yds square. Only the E side is well-preserved, the rest being under plough. 1876. <3>
This is one of two similar enclosures mentioned by Williams - see also 1599. <4>
Nearly square enclosure - a ditch between two enclosing banks. A tumulous is situated on a hill top 160m N of the earthwork it is badly eroded and stands about 2m high. <4>
