NPRN305714
Map ReferenceSO02NE
Grid ReferenceSO0825029110
Unitary (Local) AuthorityPowys
Old CountyBrecknockshire
CommunityLlanfrynach
Type Of SiteDEFENDED ENCLOSURE
PeriodIron Age
Description1. A small, triangular, univallate fort, enclosing the summit of a prominent hillock 0.7km north north east of Llechfaen village.
Source: RCAHMW Brecknock Inventory, Part ii, 1986, p. 64
2. A sub-oval enclosure, 90m by 62m, defined by scarps. Excavation in 1959 showed the perimeter to have consisted of a rampart and ditch, with an entrance on the SE. Rectilinear house floors within were dated to the Iron Age.
(source OS495card; SO02NE12)
J.Wiles, RCAHMW, 24.07.02