LLE'R PRIOR, LLANAFANFAWR

Site Details

NPRN
305018
Map Reference
SN95NE
Grid Reference
SN96665563
Unitary (Local) Authority
Powys
Old County
Brecknockshire
Community
Llanafanfawr
Type of Site
DEFENDED ENCLOSURE
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Unknown

Site Description

A circular, level, enclosed area, 24.,5m in diameter, bounded by a ditch, 5.0m wide and 1.0-1.3m deep, which is encircled by a bank, 5.0m wide. There are no interuptions to the circuit. A medieval, domestic, interpretation seems unlikely (the site name translates as 'the Prior's Place') and the traditional identification is as a 'British camp'. The association of the site with the church and extensive enclosure of Llanafanfawr could indicate some ritual function, cock-fighting is attested as late as 1911.
(source Os495card; SN95NE7)
J.Wiles 24.04.02