Defended Enclosure, Llanfair Farm

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NPRN402861
Cyfeirnod MapSN44SW
Cyfeirnod GridSN4315040900
Awdurdod Unedol (Lleol)Ceredigion
Hen SirCeredigion
CymunedLlandysul
Math O SafleLLOC AMDDIFFYNNOL
CyfnodCynhanesyddol
Disgrifiad
This enclosure is set upon a low terrace above the flood plain of the Teifi. It has been suggested that the existing earthwork enclosure on this site, thought to be medieval in date, made use of an earlier, prehistoric defended enclosure. The current earthwork measures some 60m across, and is defined by a bank and ditch with a west-facing entrance. Recent geophysical survey and trenching indicate that a substancial building, possibly the former medieval Llanfair Chapel (NPRN 400351), stood within the enclosure.

Sources include:
Archaeology in Wales 24 (1984), 23
Cardiganshire County History, 249
Survey of Defended Enclosures in Ceredigion, 2006, Cambria Archaeology Report No2006/20

John Wiles 14/11/2006