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Craig Ruperra, Hillfort

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NPRN226513
Map ReferenceST28NW
Grid ReferenceST2228086660
Unitary (Local) AuthorityCaerphilly
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityRudry
Type Of SiteDEFENDED ENCLOSURE
PeriodIron Age
Description

Occupying the ridge of Craig Ruperra is a long, oval ('sausage-shaped') enclosure defined, in places, by two lines of banking/scarping. Difficult to evaluate as the site is afforested and the defences enveloped in undergrowth. At the south-west end it has been damaged by quarrying; the entrance appears to have been located here.
A motte (NPRN 91997) has been constructed at the north-east end.
Additional source:
OS record card ST28NW27.

D.Leighton, RCAHMW, May 1999.