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Geulan-Las, Enclosure

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NPRN307271
Map ReferenceSS88NW
Grid ReferenceSS8121088510
Unitary (Local) AuthorityNeath Port Talbot
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityMargam
Type Of SiteENCLOSURE
PeriodPrehistoric
Description
An irregular enclosure, c.113m NE-SW by 54m, defined by an incomplete bank and ditch.
The enclosure fills the head of a narrow valley, having rising ground immediately on all sides except on the S, where the valley plunges into a ravine.
(source Os495card; SS88NW17)
J.Wiles 10.12.02

Described in the RCAHMW Glamorgan Inventory for the Iron Age (1976; RCAHMW site 654). This quadrangular enclosure sits below the plateau edge enclosing a steep ravine and is surrounded by high ground on all sides except the south. RCAHMW note `The site is certainly not defensive and was probably an enclosure for animals (wild or domestic) driven down the funnel-like valley from the mountain above.'

T. Driver, 7 March 2007