BERRY WOOD EARTHWORK

Site Details

NPRN
93098
Map Reference
SS48NE
Grid Reference
SS47238846
Unitary (Local) Authority
Swansea
Old County
Glamorgan
Community
Port Eynon
Type of Site
EARTHWORK
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Iron Age?

Site Description

NAR SS48NE6

SS 4723 8846

1. This ringwork, already eroded in 1970, has been further damaged since then. Earthwork features have been further denuded and spread by ploughing. Earthworks depicted as vague linear features on the W have now been almost completely eradicated. The inner bank has also been damaged. The outer bank and counterscarp nearest the wood, on the SE, are still visible and survive to 0.5m and 0.2m high respectively.

visited DKL 27 October 1992

2. A subcircular enclosure, c.36m in diameter, banked & ditched, having a second bank/counterscarp on the SE.

RCAHMW AP945089/41; 955153/52