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Caer Allt-goch
Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 2009 Trust : Dyfed Community : Geneu'r Glyn Unitary authority : Ceredigion NGR : SN64118837 Site Type (preferred type first) : Iron Age Hillfort Status : Scheduled Monument
Summary : Caer Allt-goch occupies the summit of a low hill at 120m above sea level. There are steep slopes on the south, and less steep slopes elsewhere, with the easiest approach from the northeast. It is defended by a bank up to 1m high internally and 3m high externally, which follows the contour around the hillcrest, giving a oval shape to the enclosed area, which measures 140m by 55m. There is a simple entrance on the north apex of the enclosure. Aerial photographs show a second line of defensive bank curving around the northwest and northeast side, approximately 30m from the inner line. The photographs suggest that this bank may run right along the western side of the site (gorse covered here), making it a bivallate hillfort. A gap in the outer bank lies up with the entrance through the inner bank. Six house sites have been noted in the southwest side of the interior. The site is under rough pasture with gorse scrub over part of the ramparts. K Murphy 17 January 2006 - from several sources
Description : Caer Allt-goch is a medium sized univallate hillfort that occupies the entire top of a raised promontory overlooking the Afon Leri. The fort stands on a rocky knoll that rises above the surrounding land and offers good views in all directions. Access to the site is limited by relatively steep slopes on three sides, with the easiest line of approach being from the northeast. This has been protected by the construction of a stretch of rampart with an external ditch. Today, the bank stands to a height of between 3-4 metres above the external ground level and approximately one metre above the interior ground level of the fort. The top of the bank measures some 3-4 metres across and is flattened in appearance. The fort entrance appears to lie at the northern apex of the site. The interior of the hillfort is roughly oval in shape and covers an area of some 0.8ha. It stands on a natural rocky knoll and there is an outcrop of natural rock forming a line running down the length of the interior on its southern side. This limits occupation of the interior to the northern and western parts. In the southwest of the site there are indications of quarrying, in the form of a series of shallow scoops. Within the interior it is possible to identify the locations of a number of house platforms. They have the appearance of flattened platforms, of varying dimensions from 5-6 metres to 7-8 metres in diameter (K.R., 1998). A scar was noted on the northern side of the site by the Cadw Field Monument Warden in 2005. M.Ings 2009
Iron Age hillfort occupying top of promontory, which falls almost entirely on agricultural land. Only the SE outer earthworks of the monument extend into FE land. Bank c1m high with an external ditch which extends along the NE side. SE bank and slope of bank appear to extend for c.160m in a NE/SW direction, within FE land, following the alignment of the boundary fence, which itself is constructed on the earthwork. Serious recent damage has been caused to the site on non FE land. Forest Enterprise May 1999
Sources :
CADW , 2010 , Notification of revision to scheduling
Ings,M , 2009 , Tir Gofal Management Plan (HE2) Alltgoch W/11/6304
Jones, I., Williams, D., and Williams, S. , 2018 , Early Medieval Enclosure at Glanfred, near Llandre, Ceredigion , Archaeologia Cambrensis : 167 : 221-243
K. Murphy, R. Ramsey and M. Page , 2006 , A SURVEY OF DEFENDED ENCLOSURES IN CEREDIGION, 2006: GAZETTEER OF ORDNANCE SURVEY GRID SQUARES SN68 & SN69
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