BRYN MAEN CAERAU; BRYN CYNON ENCLOSURE, CELLAN.

Site Details

NPRN
303862
Map Reference
SN54NE
Grid Reference
SN59704836
Unitary (Local) Authority
Ceredigion
Old County
Cardiganshire
Community
Llanfair Clydogau
Type of Site
DEFENDED ENCLOSURE
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Iron Age

Site Description

Bryn Cynon enclosure, Cellan, is a banked and ditched oval enclosure, about 120m north-east to south-west by 100m, set upon a low knoll, resting on scarps above the Teifi floodplain on the west. Limited excavations, from 1979 to 1988, produced evidence for Bronze Age occupation/activity, apparently associated with a palisaded enclosure, underlying the current enclosure circuit, which is thought to have had a timber and stone revetment. An unspecified pottery sherd may indicate later prehistoric occupation.

Source: Williams 2001 (AW 41), 10-20.

RCAHMW AP955208/56

J.Wiles 24.02.05