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Craig Ruperra Hillfort, Rudry

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 01672m
Trust : Glamorgan Gwent
Community : Rudry
Unitary authority : Caerphilly
NGR : ST223867
Site Type (preferred type first) : Iron Age Hillfort
Status : Scheduled Monument

Summary :
A previously unrecorded hillfort measures about 300m internally, SW-NE about 36m across. Within the hill- fort at the highest point of the ridge is a motte.

Description :
A previously unrecorded hillfort measures about 300m internally, SW-NE about 36m across. Within the hill- fort at the highest point of the ridge is a motte.

A hillfort set along the top of a long ridge, with a steep scarp to the south, and multivallate defences on the north slope and at either end. A motte stands 6m high and 12m in diameter at the highest point on the ridge. Further features relate to the re-use of the site as a summerhouse in the eighteenth century. The scheduled area extends along the ridge for roughly 350m and is up to 120m wide, taking in the ringwork of the hillfort. (Wiggins and Evans 2005)

Sources :
Wiggins, H and Evans, E , 2005 , Prehistoric defended enclosures in Glamorgan with recommendations for fieldwork
03/pm desc text/RCAHM//1991/Invent III 1a/MO4
02/PM Desc Text/CBA//1980/Archaeol Wales/20 p26-7;
01/MM Record Card/OS//1981/ST 28 NW 27/;
04 Desc Text/Cadw/Full Management Report/2007/Copy in further information file.
05/Desc Text/Cadw/Management agreementt/2009/Copy in further information file

Events :
E001455 : Prehistoric defended enclosures in Glamorgan (year : 2005)

Related records
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 726m
GGAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 02451m
National Monuments Record NPRN 226513 http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/226513/details

Compiled date : 09-09-1992


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