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Cross Ridge Dyke, Clawddtrawscae, Gelligaer Common

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NPRN305947
Map ReferenceSO10SW
Grid ReferenceSO1175900277
Unitary (Local) AuthorityCaerphilly
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityDarran Valley
Type Of SiteCROSS DYKE
PeriodEarly Medieval
Description
An isolated stretch of bank and ditch is located on the east side of a mountain road running through a narrow stretch of open moorland between areas of enclosed land, to the east of Clawdd-trawscae farm. The stony, turf-covered bank is mostly overgrown with gorse bushes. It measures overall 56m long, aligned north-east by south-west. At its best preserved it is 5.4m wide with a height of 0.5m on the south but is 1m high above the bottom of a ditch which runs alongside the bank on the north. The bank-and-ditch formation measures 7.5m across. To the north-east the final 10m or so are largely ploughed down.
Across the road to the south-west the bank and ditch can be followed for a further 9.5m.
A second dyke lies about 1.25km to the north-west (NPRN 305948).
RCAHMW AP94-CS 0770
RCAHMW AP945106/45-6

David Leighton, RCAHMW, 17 November 2015