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Mynachlog-uchaf
Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 1856 Trust : Dyfed Community : Llandysiliogogo Unitary authority : Ceredigion NGR : SN40795215 Site Type (preferred type first) : Iron Age Defended Enclosure
Summary : This is a small, earthwork, rectangular defended enclosure lying on gentle northeast-facing slopes at 270m above sea level. A hedge-bank divides the site into two unequal portions. The earthworks are better preserved in the field to the southwest of the hedge-bank; they are barely recognisable in field to the northeast. The enclosure measures approximately 50m by 40m internally. A bank with traces of an external ditch defines the site. The bank is spread and survives to only 0.2m - 0.3m high. The ditch is barely traceable. There is a low counterscarp bank to the northwest and southwest. According to the Ordnance Survey in 1974 a simple entrance lay in the northeast side. This is not now visible. The OS also reported that the earthworks were much more prominent in c. 1960. The site is under improved pasture, but was under arable cultivation in 1974. K Murphy 21 November 2005
Sources :
Hall, J. & Sambrook, P. , 2014 , Land East of Synod Inn, Ceredigion : Historic Environment Appraisal
K. Murphy, R. Ramsey and M. Page , 2006 , A SURVEY OF DEFENDED ENCLOSURES IN CEREDIGION, 2006: GAZETTEER OF ORDNANCE SURVEY GRID SQUARES SN45 &SN46
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Meridian Airmaps , 1955 ,
Murphy,K , 2004 , Assessment of Prehistoric Defended Enclosures 2004-5, Report No 2004-100 ,
OS , 1974 ,
Events : 66458 : MYNACHLOG-UCHAF, FIELD OBSERVATION, 1974 (year : 1974) 54269 : PREHISTORIC DEFENDED ENCLOSURES: CEREDIGION (year : 2007) 111469 : Land East of Synod Inn, Ceredigion (year : 2014) 112058 : A486 Improvement at Post Bach, Ceredigion (year : 2013)
