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Old Warren Hill
Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 1990 Trust : Dyfed Community : Llanfarian Unitary authority : Ceredigion NGR : SN61507872 Site Type (preferred type first) : Iron Age Promontory Fort Status : Scheduled Monument
Summary : Old Warren Hill is an Iron Age fort lying on an inland promontory above the Paith valley at 130m above sea level. The site is naturally well-defended by the steep valley sides to the west, south and east, and by bivallate ramparts to the north. The main defence consists of a 170m length of bank and ditch, 15m wide and up to 5m high above the outside ground surface. The ditch measures c. 1.5m deep. A 70m long second similar sized line of defence supplements the inner defence at the east end. A simple entrance lies at the western end of the inner defensive bank. The steep slope on the east seems to have been scarped to provide addition defence. The interior approximates to the square 175m across, and is relatively flat. The whole site is under deciduous woodland. K Murphy 22 December 2005 - compiled from several sources
Sources :
K. Murphy, R. Ramsey and M. Page , 2006 , A SURVEY OF DEFENDED ENCLOSURES IN CEREDIGION, 2006: GAZETTEER OF ORDNANCE SURVEY GRID SQUARES SN67
CADW , 1998 , AM107 ,
CADW , 1998 , Notification of scheduling ,
Cadw , 2000 , AM107 ,
Hogg,AHA , 1962 , Bulletin of the Board of Celtic Studies ,
Hughes,IT , 1926 , T.Card.AS ,
Murphy,K , 2004 , Assessment of Prehistoric Defended Enclosures 2004-5, Report No 2004-100 ,
Nash-Williams,VE , 1933 , Archaeologia Cambrensis ,
OS , 1974 ,
Events : 66585 : OLD WARREN HILL, FIELD OBSERVATION, 1974 (year : 1974) 85585 : OLD WARREN HILL, FIELD OBSERVATION, 1998 (year : 1998) 89812 : OLD WARREN HILL, FIELD OBSERVATION, 2000 (year : 2000) 54269 : PREHISTORIC DEFENDED ENCLOSURES: CEREDIGION (year : 2007)
