Hen Gastell (Dan-y-Lan Camp)

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NPRN300899
Cyfeirnod MapSS59NE
Cyfeirnod GridSS5543095770
Awdurdod Unedol (Lleol)Swansea
Hen SirGlamorgan
CymunedLlanrhidian Higher
Math O SafleBRYNGAER
CyfnodYr Oes Haearn
Disgrifiad
NAR SS59NE32

Described by the Commission in 1964 as an oval enclosure measuring 50m long (E-W) by 30m wide, enclosing an area of 0.1ha. The N side is formed by a natural edge where the ground falls away very steeply. The S side is defended by a massive bank running in a curve, 12m wide at base, nearly 3m high internally and 1.5m externally; the impression of a wide shallow ditch outside the rampart is mainly caused by an increase in the angle of the natural slope. A slighter continuation of the bank can be traced round either end of the enclosure. The position of the entrance is uncertain.

RCAHMW AP94-CS 0748
RCAHMW AP945099/52; 955070/48