Island Gate Farm or Heatherton Farm Defended Enclosure, St Florence

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An oval/subcircular enclosure, c.60m in diameter, apparently ditch-defined: a ditched approachway has been noted.
(source: St Joseph 1975 (AW 15, 72 No.109)).
J.Wiles 21.04.04

Discovered as a cropmark in 1975 from aerial photography. Probably an Iron Age defended farm with a short `antenna' entrance corridor formalising the approach on the far side. (Source: Cambridge University Collection of Air Photographs, BTQ 006, 2nd July 1975, DI2006_0038).

From: Driver, T. 2007. Pembrokeshire: Historic Landscapes from the Air. RCAHMW. Figure 32.