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Pen-Cnwc Cropmark Enclosure

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NPRN402413
Map ReferenceSN12SW
Grid ReferenceSN1128021820
Unitary (Local) AuthorityPembrokeshire
Old CountyPembrokeshire
CommunityLlandissilio West
Type Of SiteOVAL ENCLOSURE
PeriodEarly Medieval
Description
Cropmarks of an oval or hexagonal ditched enclosure, measuring some 106m NW-SE by 93m SW-NE, showing opposed axial entrances facing north-west & south-east, opening onto apparent ditched approach-ways, which project the orientation of the enclosure a further 65m & 70m respectively; these outworks include possible pit/posthole alignments, similar features having also been observed within the enclosure, where a stone is marked by OS County series (Pembroke. XXIV.6 1889): this complex has been regarded as a ritual monument, the enclosure being a henge, rather than a settlement feature, and has been linked to the linear cropmark complex at Llandissilio to the south-east (NPRN 402397); the enclosure occupies a discrete ridge-top summit & the north-western approachway features extend almost to a break-in-slope above steep slopes above the Eastern Cleddau, the south-eastern approach appears to hold to higher ground before a sometimes abrupt valley intervenes between it and the Llandissilio complex: an earthwork enclosure complex (Nprn304294) is set on lower ground, some 140m to the south-west of the enclosure complex recorded here.

Sources: RCAHMW aerial reconnaissance.
James 1989 (AW 29), 31-4 [31];
Gibson 1999 (in Barclay & Harding (eds.) 'Pathways & Ceremonies'), 130-40 [133, 137, 139, fig 12.1)

J.Wiles 11.02.05

Royal Commission air photo mapping exists of the enclosure, completed in 1996 by the Dyfed Archaeological Trust for RCAHMW.

T. Driver, RCAHMW, 17th Feb 2011.