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<< Text Pages >> Cefn Carnedd - Hillfort in Wales in Powys

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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Cefn Carnedd
Country: Wales County: Powys Type: Hillfort
 Nearest Village: Llandinam
Map Ref: SO016900  Landranger Map Number: 136
Latitude: 52.498995N  Longitude: 3.450945W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
3
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Re: Cefn Carnedd by w650marion on Tuesday, 08 June 2021
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New Coflein ref with good photos-

https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/94016/images


https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/94016
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Re: Cefn Carnedd by coldrum on Monday, 04 January 2010
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The hillfort is also considered to be the site of a battle between the Romans and Caratacus.
The following is from the Coflein website:

"Caratacus organised the resistance of the Silures and Ordovices to the Romans; the location of his final defeat in AD 51 is the subject of much debate and suggestions include Caer Caradoc near Church Stretton; Caer Caradoc or Gaer Ditches near Clun; Coxwall Knoll nearby; Cefn Carnedd near Caersws, and the Breiddin near Welshpool.
Source: J.E.Lloyd, A History of Wales, vol I, 1912, p.53.
The hillfort of Cefn Carnedd is suggested by Dr St Joseph to have been a stronghold of the Ordovices and to represent, with its environs, the site of the defeat of Caractacus by the Romans in AD 51."

http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/403831/details/CEFN+CARNEDD%3A+POSSIBLE+BATTLE+SITE%2C+NEAR+CAERSWS/
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Re: Cefn Carnedd by coldrum on Monday, 04 January 2010
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The following information is from the Coflein website.

"1. An elongated enclosure, c.437m by 84m, with entrances to the NE and SW, occupies the summit of Cefn Carnedd, defined by scarps with triple banks and ditches to the NW which form an additional 'barbican' enclosure, with an outer inturned entrance, before the NE entry; a bank and ditch segregate an area, c.130m by 68m, at the SW end.
(source OS 495 card: SO08NW2)
An original enclosure, c.235m NE-SW, appears to have been extended N eastwards, the original NE ramparts being apparent on AP. This would suggest that the cross-bank is a later feature.
RCAHMW AP94-CS 0205-6, 0512-3
RCAHMW AP945028/45-8; 945070/49; 955036/54-5; 955037/56
J.Wiles, RCAHMW, 13.01.2004.

2. Two body sherds of VCP (Very Coarse Pottery), containers of which were used to transport salt from the midlands plain in prehistory, were discovered during fieldwalking on the fort in the 1970s (Guilbert, G. and Morris, E., 1979. Montgomeryshire, Cefn Carnedd. Archaeology in Wales, 19, 19).

3. A field visit on 14th March 2007 yielded further information on the hillfort, additional to the detailed descriptions already provided on the Ordnance Survey record cards and by Jack Spurgeon following his survey of the fort.

The site plan: It should first be noted that Spurgeon's published survey of the fort from 1972 omits much of the earthwork detail on the north side of the fort, including complex earthworks and a major north-west gateway which may have superceded the original ridge-top west gateway to the fort. These are visible on aerial photography but a new survey would be very worthwhile.

The northern ramparts: The central ditch of the triple defences on the north-eastern side of the hillfort, evidently rock-cut although now in-filled, were seen to be well waterlogged on the visit, with standing water and boggy ground present in many places. This would suggest excellent paleoenvrionmental potential of any buried deposits. In addition, the north-eastern defences as they approach the main east gateway incorporate a prominent spring which is still active (at SO 0177 9009).

The rampart construction: Occassional erosion scars in the ramparts of the fort yield little more than coarse shale rubble and earth, with little sign of any more massive stone work, or even formal revetment walling, although such remains may be buried deeper where the ramparts are well preserved. Erosion around the main west gate, caused by burrowing animals and livestock action, was most revealing; much of the shale rubble has a reddish hue and would appear to have been burnt. This was evident all around the west gate and could suggest a burning episode at one time.

An interesting find made during the field visit was a possible sling shot, outside the fort to the west. The smooth, oval, river cobble measuring c. 6.5 cm x 5 cm was found on the surface of the grass at SO 0131 8985, where it had rolled down from an eroded farm track which passes through a gate in the modern wire fence. An inspection of the eroded track showed that all the stone present was of natural broken shale rubble in mud, there being no sign of imported stone cobbles being used for surfacing. The possible sling shot was covered with the same mud. Its position some 140m west of the main west gate of the fort would accord well with a genuine sling shot which had been dispatched from the fort defences, and come to rest on the slopes outside the fort."

http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/94016/details/CEFN+CARNEDD+HILLFORT%2C+NEAR+CAERSWS/

Pictures of Cefn Carnedd:

http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/94016/images/CEFN+CARNEDD+HILLFORT%2C+NEAR+CAERSWS/
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