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Gaer Fawr

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NPRN301316
Map ReferenceSS79SE
Grid ReferenceSS7656094250
Unitary (Local) AuthorityNeath Port Talbot
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityBriton Ferry
Type Of SiteDEFENDED ENCLOSURE
PeriodIron Age
Description
Gaer Fawr is an oval enclosure, c.50m E-W by 38m, defined by double banks and ditches, has complex outer works, roughly concentric to it, with further banks & ditches & a W-facing approachway, c.164-210m overall diameter.

Caught-up in the outworks are five possible cairns, maximum 4.0m diameter and 0.6m high.

(source Os495cards; SS79SE1; SS79SE32)

RCAHMW AP955062/45-6

J.Wiles 02.12.02