Berry Hill Wood, Inland Promontory Fort

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An inland promontory fort, discovered by Terry James from the air in 1984 and excavated by Dyfed Archaeological Trust in 2007. The fort is roughly oval, measuring c120m east-west by 75m north-south. The fort is plough-levelled, with vestigial earthworks only surviving to about 1m in height. Excavations revealed a gateway and enclosure ditches, but few finds and no evidence to suggest that the fort had been finished.

See Murphy and Mytum 2007, Excavations at Berry Hill Inland Promontory fort, Newport.. Archaeology in Wales 47, 82-88.

T. Driver, RCAHMW, 21st April 2010.