DescriptionNAR ST06NE16
1. An enclosed trapezoidal area measuring 230m (N-S), 250m along N, tapering to 120m on S (4.1ha) is defended on the S by cliffs and elsewhere by three close-set banks and accompanying ditches well preserved on the W but reduced to terraces on the other three sides. Entrance on W side.
visited DKL 1988
2. The camp occupies a blunt promontory, opening onto level ground to the west.
Excavations behind the western ramparts, in 1968, identified a sequence of three rectangular buildings, occupied up to the late third or fourth century CE. Early twelfth century pottery occurred in the topsoil.
Sources: Archaeology in Wales 8 (1968), 7-8 No 14
RCAHMW Glamongan Inventory II (1976), 41 fig 21 No 671.
John Wiles 16.03.07
3. The aftermath of a catastrophic collapse of the cliff at the adjacent caravan park in 2012 was recorded during RCAHMW aerial reconnaissance on 22nd May 2012.
T. Driver, RCAHMW