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Llandissilio, Linear Cropmark Complex (Possible Cursus)

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NPRN402397
Map ReferenceSN12SW
Grid ReferenceSN1245021170
Unitary (Local) AuthorityPembrokeshire
Old CountyPembrokeshire
CommunityLlandissilio West
Type Of SiteLINEAR FEATURE
PeriodUnknown
Description
Cropmark features thought to represent a single linear complex running roughly 730m ENE along a ridge-line, from the given NGR (the position of an OS trig. pillar) to SN11802150: the main feature of the complex is a 'trackway' up to 25m wide, about which are various pit/posthole alignments, two stones being depicted by OS County series (Pembroke. XXIV.6 1889) towards the western end: the complex has been interpreted as a cursus monument, possibly connecting with the cropmark complex at Pen-cnwc (Nprn402413), some 500m to the north-west, across a sometimes steep-sided valley, producing a linear compex of roughly 1,450m overall extent.

Sources: James 1989 (AW 29), 31-4;
Gibson 1999 (in Barclay & Harding (eds.) 'Pathways & Ceremonies'), 130-140.

J.Wiles 11.2.05