Llanon Defended Enclosure, Morfa Uchaf

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NPRN423425
Map ReferenceSN56NW
Grid ReferenceSN5051066250
Unitary (Local) AuthorityCeredigion
Old CountyCardiganshire
CommunityLlansantffraed
Type Of SiteDEFENDED ENCLOSURE
PeriodPrehistoric, Iron Age
Description
Royal Commission aerial reconnaissance on 4th July 2018 discovered cropmarks of a rectangular defended enclosure measuring approx. 60m x 70m sited on the coastal plain south of Llanon, west of Tanrallt farm. The enclosure is characteristic of later Iron Age and Romano-British defended settlements normally found in the south of Ceredigion. No diagnostic internal features are visible. The enclosure currently lies some 260m inland of the coast.

Discovered during the 2018 drought.

Recorded during baseline aerial reconnaissance survey for the CHERISH Project. ? Crown: CHERISH PROJECT 2018. Produced with EU funds through the Ireland Wales Co-operation Programme 2014-2020. All material made freely available through the Open Government Licence.

T. Driver, RCAHMW, 11th Oct 2018