Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Fron Goch hillfort
Glantwymyn, Powys, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Hillfort
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Date of designation
- 13 March 2008
- Community
- Glantwymyn
- Unitary authority
- Powys
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 52.59733, -3.74029
- SAM number
- MG332
- Cadw record number
- 4313
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 1795 "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the Scheduled Ancient Monument.
The monument comprises a small univallate hillfort, probably dating to the Iron Age (c. 800 BC - 43AD) and the subsequent Roman conquest to 74 AD and is situated on an imposing ridge between Nant Gwydol and Nant Cegir, above the confluence of several valleys. The fort measures c.100m from NE to SW by up to 45m transversely within a rampart spread to c.6m in thickness and up to 1.2m in external height. The rampart follows the contour around the NW side of the fort, which is defined on its SE side by the steep natural rocky slopes of the ridge.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of later prehistoric defensive organisation. The monument forms an important element within the wider Iron Age context and within the surrounding landscape. Although the hillfort has been ploughed in the past, much archaeological potential remains; both the interior and rampart may be expected to contain archaeological information in regard to chronology, building techniques and functional detail.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and an area around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive. It is measures 120m from NE to SW by up to 60m transversely.
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.