Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Earthwork 360m NNE of Crug yr Avan
Treorchy, Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Enclosure
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Treorchy
- Unitary authority
- Rhondda Cynon Taff
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 51.65056, -3.55960
- SAM number
- GM278
- Cadw record number
- 2894
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (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.
The monument comprises the remains of an earthwork enclosure. The date or precise nature of the enclosure is unknown, but it is likely to be later prehistoric (c. 800BC - AD74). The site is situated on open moorland on the top of a ridge near an east-facing scarp. The enclosure is roughly circular in shape, measures approximately 30m in diameter and was bounded by a palisade. Within the enclosure a small platform c. 6m in diameter contained the remains of a hut.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of later prehistoric defensive organisation and settlement. The site forms an important element within the wider later prehistoric context and within the surrounding landscape. The site is well preserved and retains considerable archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of evidence relating to chronology, building techniques and functional detail.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Crug yr Afan Round CairnRound Cairnunder 1 mi
- Bwlch yr Avan DykeDykeunder 1 mi
- Round Barrow on the WerfaRound Barrow1 mi
- Pebyll Ring CairnRing Cairn1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.