Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Tywyn-y-Parc Promontory Fort
Bodorgan, Isle of Anglesey, Wales
A scheduled monument in Bodorgan, Isle of Anglesey, recorded as Promontory Fort- coastal (Prehistoric).
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Promontory Fort- coastal
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Bodorgan
- Unitary authority
- Isle of Anglesey
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.15675, -4.44111
- SAM number
- AN049
- Cadw record number
- 2524
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1883 map "Watershed map England, Wales 3." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1883 · Watershed map England, Wales 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1896 · Sheet 7. Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1899 · 105 Carnarvon (Hills) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1901 · Sheet 9 and 10. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1919 · Sheet 41. Anglesey. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Promontory isolated from mainland by massive major ramparts and two subsidiary banks.
The main bank runs across the neck of the promontory from the S side and stops just short of the N side; the short gap between the end of the bank and the cliff may have been the entrance. The bank is about 70 m long, 8 m wide and 2.5 m high; there is a small outer ditch. The outer defences consist of two banks which just overlap. The bank to the NW is about 70 m long and between 0.5 and 1.0 m high from the inside, and between 1.5 and 1.8 m high from the bottom of the external ditch. On the E side is a similar low bank, about 36 m long and 1.25 m high from the bottom of the external ditch. Along the NW side of the fort a strong stone wall some 135 m long has been constructed along the top of the cliff edge. Some of this wall is falling over the edge, but much of the bottom course remains. Some finds of Roman date have been found.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of Prehistoric/ Romano British settlement and defence. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of associated archaeological features and deposits. The structures themselves may be expected to contain archaeological information concerning chronology and building techniques.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- TreberfeddDomestic1 mi
- The KennelsDomestic2 mi
- LlwynisgawDomestic2 mi
- Church of St DwynwenReligious, Ritual and Funerary2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.