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Penpleidiau Quarry Complex

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NPRN114106
Map ReferenceSM72SE
Grid ReferenceSM7639024210
Unitary (Local) AuthorityPembrokeshire
Old CountyPembrokeshire
CommunitySt Davids and the Cathedral Close
Type Of SiteQUARRY
PeriodUnknown
Description
Three rather enigmatic features are located close to the coastal path on open ground above cliffs. All three lie beneath dense bracken.

SM 76402420 a hollow 3m-4m in diameter and 1.3m-1.5m deep, dumped material possibly giving a rectangular platform of 6m length (E-W).
SM 76392421 a similar but larger stony hollow 4m-5m diameter at base, possibly one end of a platform 8m long (E-W).
SM 76392423 an excavated linear hollow flanked on the downhill side by a stone wall-bank terminating in a 'chamber' 4m (N-S) by 2m.

Under conditions of low bracken the site has the appearance of a quarry complex, the ground above the cliff having a pitted appearance.

See 'Notes' for fuller description


visited: D.K.Leighton 15 October 1998