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Carn Alw Hillfort

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NPRN94240
Map ReferenceSN13SW
Grid ReferenceSN1386033720
Unitary (Local) AuthorityPembrokeshire
Old CountyPembrokeshire
CommunityEglwyswrw
Type Of SiteENCLOSURE COMPLEX
PeriodIron Age
Description
NAR SN13SW17

Remains of tumbled stone walls connecting natural outcrops, define a roughly triangular enclosure, about 66m north-south by 38m, backing onto the precipitous crags of Carn Alw on the east, & fronted by broad, carefully delimited zone of 'chevaux-de-frise' on the south-west & west (Mytum & Webster 1989): this prominently defined & sited enclosure appears to be the focus for an extensive complex of enclosures & associated features (cairns/clearance features & structures, rectlinear & circular/subcircular), extending about 800m north-west to south-east by 500m overall (Nprn308732, 308737: Drewett 1987).

Sources: Drewett 1987 (AW 27), 14-16;
Mytum & Webster 1989 (PPS 55), 263-7.

RCAHMW AP955159/42-4; 965009/46-8

J.Wiles 02.03.04