NPRN306992
Map ReferenceSJ21NW
Grid ReferenceSJ2213017360
Unitary (Local) AuthorityPowys
Old CountyMontgomeryshire
CommunityLlansantffraid
Type Of SiteDEFENDED ENCLOSURE
PeriodIron Age
Description1. A sub-rectangular enclosure, c.75m by 75m, biscected by a N-S hedgeline, best preserved to the W. Defined by up to five lines of scarps or banks, with a hollow-way leading to the SW facing entrance.
Excavation, 1980-2, on the half of the enclosure demonstrated a complex sequence of occupation from the 3rd C. BC to the m.4th C. AD.
(source Os495card; SJ21NW14)
RCAHMW AP965087/63
J.Wiles 11.11.02
2. Standard source:
Britnell, W., 1989. The Collfryn Hillslope Enclosure, Llansantffraid Deuddwr, Powys: Excavations 1980-2. Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 55, 89-134.
Also illustrated in:
Musson, C, 1994, Wales from the Air, Patterns of Past and Present. RCAHMW/HMSO, page 132.
T. Driver, 19 June 2007.