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Merlins Hill Hillfort

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NPRN92889
Map ReferenceSN42SE
Grid ReferenceSN4550021500
Unitary (Local) AuthorityCarmarthenshire
Old CountyCarmarthenshire
CommunityAbergwili
Type Of SiteHILLFORT
PeriodPrehistoric
Description
NAR SN42SE2
Cadw SAM No.=CM231

A single massive rampart crowns a visually distinctive, flat-topped hill, creating a roughly triangular enclosure, about 300m east-west by 180m, the group falling away steeply on all sides but the east, an entrance at the north of this eastern facade is elaborated by a 'barbican' outwork about 24m across.
Investigation of eroding sections has suggested an Iron Age date for the enclosure.

Sources: Grealey 1971 (Carm. Ant. 7), 98-101;
Williams et al. 1988 (Carm. Ant. 24), 5-13.

J.Wiles 22.11.04

An inner enclosure, measuring approx. 190m by 70m, encircling the summit of the hill was discovered by Bryn Gethin during analysis of aerial photography in 2010.

L. Osborne, 25th January 2012.