ROSEMARKET RATH

Site Details

NPRN
305262
Map Reference
SM90NE
Grid Reference
SM95300805
Unitary (Local) Authority
Pembrokeshire
Old County
Pembrokeshire
Community
Rosemarket
Type of Site
DEFENDED ENCLOSURE
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Iron Age?

Site Description

Rosemarket Rath is an oval enclosure, about 130m east-west by 97m, set on a south-facing spur-end above a stream confluence, defined by double banks and ditches on the north-east, elsewhere by scarps above steep natural slopes; the north-east-facing entrance appears to have been recently reconfigured.

A pipe trench dug across the north-east of the enclosure (Barnie 1975) provided a section through the defences.

Sources: Barnie 1975 (AW 15), 39-40.

RCAHMW AP955101/41-2

J.Wiles 09.03.04