Mynydd Y Fforest Earthwork

Has been described as a Rejected Timber Castle (Ringwork)

There are earthwork remains

NameMynydd Y Fforest Earthwork
Alternative Names
Historic CountryGlamorgan
Modern AuthorityVale of Glamorgan
1974 AuthoritySouth Glamorgan
CommunityPenllyn

A sub-circular enclosure, c.60m in diameter, set on a S-facing slope and defined by a bank and ditch, counterscarped on the N and NE. A rectangular enclosure lies immediately to the NE. (Coflein)

Gatehouse Comments

Rejected by Spurgeon as medieval ringwork and recorded as Iron Age univallate enclosure.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

The National Monument Record (Coflein) number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceST007783
Latitude51.495418548584
Longitude-3.43162989616394
Eastings300740
Northings178350
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Books

  • RCAHMW, 1976, An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Glamorgan Vol. 1 Part 2 (London: HMSO) no. 661 p. 35

Journals

  • Spurgeon, C.J. with Roberts, D.J. and Thomas, H.J., 1999, 'Supposed Castles in Glamorgan; A review' Archaeology in Wales Vol. 39 27-40