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Chapel Hill Camp Hillfort, Merthyr Mawr House

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 00275m
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Merthyr Mawr
Unitary authority : Bridgend
NGR : SS88877806
Site Type (preferred type first) : Iron Age Hillfort
Status : Scheduled Monument

Summary :
Small hilltop camp defended by a single bank & ditch. Position of original entrances doubtful owing to wood & undergrowth.

Description :
Small hilltop camp defended by a single bank & ditch. Position of original entrances doubtful owing to wood & undergrowth.

Sources :
Savory H.N. & Nash-Williams V.E. , 1949 , List of Hill-Forts and other Earthworks , The Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies : XIII pt.3 : 157-
02/MM Record Card/OS//1957/SS 87 NE 51/;
01/PM List/RCHM//1976/Glam Invent/No.630;
04/MM Photo/GGAT/Lewis W/1981//;
06/MM Desc Text/Cadw/Whittle E/20.02.1986 AM7/SS 87 NE/
03/PM Desc Text//Savory H.N/1949/Bull Board Celtic Stud/Vol.13 Pt.2;
p.151;
05/MM Record Card/OS//1982/SS 87 NE 51/;
08/Desc Text/Cadw/ Full Management Report/2005/ Copy in further information file

Events :
E000174 : Chapel Hill Camp (year : 1937)

Related records
National Monuments Record NPRN 94625 http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/94625/details
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 00248m
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 03236m
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 00313m
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 02447m

Compiled date : 01-02-1977


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