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Castell Nadolig
Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 2101 Trust : Dyfed Community : Penbryn Unitary authority : Ceredigion NGR : SN29855040 Site Type (preferred type first) : Iron Age Hillfort Status : Scheduled Monument
Summary : Castell Nadolig occupies a rounded hilltop, which rises to 210m above sea level. It is a concentric enclosure hillfort, with an oval inner enclosure approximately 120m by 70m on the summit of the hill, and outer enclosure 225m by 180m defined by a defensive circuit running around the foot of the hill. Hedge-banks lie along most of the inner and outer defensive circuit. The inner defence consists of a bank 6m wide and 1.5m high with a similar sized ditch outside it. A 40m wide gap on the east side seems to be original. A scarp running from the north side of this gap to the outer defence marks the line of a bank, while a hedge-bank running from the south side may also lie on a similar bank. Together these may be the flanking banks of an entrance track-way. The outer bank is slighter with no clear earthwork evidence of a ditch, although lush grass growth probably indicates its location. Aerial photographs show this ditch on the east side, with gap marking the entrance. On the east side a curving line of bank of similar dimensions to the outer bank defines a crescent-shaped annexe to the outer enclosure of c. 0.5ha. In 2005, the site was under improved pasture. K Murphy 2005 - description taken from a variety of sources
Description : Oval concentric earthworks following the contours of a low hill. The outer enclosure is 220m east-west by 170m north-south and the inner one is 120m east-west by 70m north-south. There are traces of another bank to the west outside the scheduled area. NL 1994
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