You have no advanced search rows. Add one by clicking the '+ Add Row' button

Gist Wen Enclosure

Loading Map
NPRN305730
Map ReferenceSO02SE
Grid ReferenceSO0678421737
Unitary (Local) AuthorityPowys
Old CountyBrecknockshire
CommunityTalybont-on-usk
Type Of SiteENCLOSURE
PeriodPost Medieval
Description
An angular sub-oval enclosure, 51m by 38m, set on an east facing slope, with a small cairn, or pile of stones within. It lies on a moderate east-facing slope at the head of the Blaen Cwm Banw valley. It is defined by a very low denuded bank, 1.5m wide at base and 0.20m high. There was a possible entrance in the northwest corner. The cairn has been recorded as NPRN 246049. Vegetation cover in June 2008 was grass. The enclosure has been recorded as part of deserted rural settlement NPRN 246615.

RCAHMW, 28th June 2010