Aerial photos showing the landscape setting of the hills above the cave system.
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Fine overview (with pictures) of the cairns on the main uplands either side of the Rhondda valleys.
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Essential information for a non-abseil visit. Times are for Mumbles (a little way up the coast), so add 15 minutes approx for Paviland.
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Plan and description of damaged cairn, containing a probable robbed cist.
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Plan and description of summit cairn.
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18th century plan of the earthworks, by Tom Martin.
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Coflein refers to the chamber as being "discredited" but also mentions that the site is still scheduled due to its ambiguity.
Also includes a rather unhelpful aerial photo.
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Report on archaeological discoveries in the Lower Lugg Valley. Material about nearby Sutton Walls as well.
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Link to preliminary excavation report from July 2012.
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Description of recently discovered (2006) and excavated (2008) Neolithic causewayed enclosure in an area rich in multi-period prehistory.
Website includes several aerial photos.
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An area of permissive access has been opened on the western slopes of Meon Hill.
Access end date is 31 July 2018.
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Brief description and a nice aerial photo of the site.
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Large, late Iron Age earthwork enclosing the village, next to a river, with a date and setting reminiscent of Salmonsbury in Gloucestershire.
Pastscape has a full description.
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Pastscape description of plough-damaged bivallate fort.
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Pastscape description of the fort, of interest due to the stone-faced construction of the ramparts.
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Description of the promontory fort, which was found to include a subterranean "chamber".
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Pastscape description of the fort:
A small multivallate hillfort dating to the Iron Age, situated on a greensand spur which overlooks the River Rother. The elaborate hillfort defences completely enclose the spur, forming a north west-south east aligned, roughly rectangular interior area of circa 3.5 kilometres square. The most impressive defences are to the north east, where they were constructed across the gently sloping ground which forms the neck of the spur. They survive here as two parallel banks up to 11 metres wide, flanked by outer ditches. Part excavation in 1957 indicated that the earthern and rubble banks are revetted with locally extracted ironstone slabs. Access to the interior is by way of a staggered entrance formed by simple, causewayed gaps through the central part of the ramparts. The remaining defences are on a smaller scale, with the steeply-sided north western and south eastern edges of the spur enclosed mainly by a single bank and ditch. To the south west, the spur-edge rampart is argumented by a parallel, outer bank and ditch constructed circa 15 metres downslope. The ramparts have been disturbed in places by the subsequent construction and use of more recent tracks and paths. Later use of the monument is represented by at least six roughly circular platforms situated within the hillfort, shown by the archaeological excavations of 1957 to represent charcoal burning clamps dating to the post-medieval period. Scheduled.
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Extensive description of the fort. Summary:
A univallate hillfort sitauted on a greensand spur which forms part of the Puttenham Common. The hillfort defences enclose the spur end, forming a north-south aligned, sub-rectangular interior of around 2 hectares. The most impressive defences are to the east, where they were constructed across the level ground which forms the neck of the spur. They survive as a bank up to 12 metres wide and 2 metres high, flanked by an outer ditch up to 8 metres wide and 0.75 metres deep. The northern and southern ramparts were designed to accentuate the naturally sloping spur edges, whilst the steep sided, western edge of the spur made the construction of artificial defences in this area unnecessary. Access to the interior was by way of a simple, causewayed, 13 metre gap through the central part of the ramparts. The defences have been disturbed in places by subsequent construction and use of more recent tracks and paths. The monument shows signs of later modelling and reuse, represented by a 7 metre wide, roughly north-south aligned, curving bank constructed across the western side of the hillfort. This has been dated to the medieval period, when the hillfort may have been in use as a stock enclosure. The western half of the hillfort has been quite heavily disturbed by the construction of a group of slit trenches and pits during World War II, when the spur formed part of an army training area. Scheduled.
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