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Oxwich Castle Defended Enclosure

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NPRN420313
Map ReferenceSS48NE
Grid ReferenceSS4999086180
Unitary (Local) AuthoritySwansea
Old CountyGlamorgan
CommunityPenrice
Type Of SiteDEFENDED ENCLOSURE
PeriodRoman
Description
Royal Commission aerial reconnaissance on 23rd July 2014 discovered cropmarks of a plough-levelled defended enclosure of Iron Age or Romano-British type, lying some 120m south-east of Oxwich Castle. Parchmarks in grassland on this rocky promontory show a univallate, oval defended enclosure measuring c.80m diameter, with a simple gateway on the north-west side. The south-east (rear) of the enclosure is flattened with the possibility that it was originally laid out against a pre-existing boundary or feature. This defended enclosure lies 1.1km north-west of Maiden Castle promontory fort (NPRN 301333).

T. Driver, RCAHMW, 5th August 2014.