Bryn Mawr (Enclosure) — The Modern Antiquarian

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Image of Bryn Mawr (Enclosure) by thesweetcheat

Bryn Mawr, seen across the Montgomery Canal.

Image credit: A. Brookes (14.5.2011)

thesweetcheat May 17, 2011

Image of Bryn Mawr (Enclosure) by thesweetcheat

The wooded hillside conceals the defensive earthwork of Bryn Mawr. Seen from the Vrynwy aqueduct.

Image credit: A. Brookes (14.5.2011)

thesweetcheat May 17, 2011

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Bryn Mawr

Enclosure

thesweetcheat May 16, 2011

Coflein description of the site, marked on the OS 1/25000 as “fort”:

A roughly pentagonal enclosure, c.84m N-S by 74m, set upon the summit of Bryn Mawr, defined by two lines of scarps, thought to represent a degraded rampart and ditch. There is a possible W-facing entrance.

Sites within 20km of Bryn Mawr

Crosswood

Enclosure • 3.15km E

4

2
Llanymynech Hill

Ancient Mine / Quarry • 3.29km NNE

6

6

1
Collfryn

Enclosure • 3.43km WSW

1

1
Soldier’s Mount

Hillfort • 3.96km W

2
Blodwel Rock

Hillfort • 4.14km NNE

4

3
Long Hill

Hillfort • 4.83km WSW

1
Y Gaer (Meifod)

Enclosure • 5.92km SW

1
Breiddin Hill Camp

Hillfort • 6.4km ESE

9

1

1
Gaer Fawr (Welshpool)

Hillfort • 6.73km SSW

16

1

4
New Pieces Enclosure, Breiddin Hill

Hillfort • 6.86km ESE

3

1
Mynydd-y-Bryn

Round Cairn • 7.68km NW
Crowther’s Camp

Enclosure • 7.8km S

1

1
Cefyn y Castell

Hillfort • 7.88km ESE

20

1
Llwyn Bryn Dinas

Hillfort • 9.6km WNW

10

1
Coed-y-Gaer (Oswestry Rural)

Hillfort • 10.07km NNW

1
Cynynion

Standing Stone / Menhir • 11.43km NNW

8

2
Black Bank

Hillfort • 11.54km SSE

3

1
Maen Llog

Standing Stone / Menhir • 11.75km S

3

4
Old Oswestry

Hillfort • 12.7km NNE

38

2

15

1
Maes Mochnant

Standing Stones • 12.73km W

12

3
Beacon Ring

Hillfort • 13.33km SSE

13

1

1
Nesscliffe Hill Camp

Hillfort • 13.46km ENE

21

4
Carreg y Big (Selattyn)

Standing Stone / Menhir • 13.72km N

16

3
Caus Castle

Hillfort • 14.11km ESE

12

1

1
Beechfield

Hillfort • 14.17km SE

1

1
Golfa

Enclosure • 14.18km SSW

1
Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant

Standing Stone / Menhir • 14.35km W

1

4
Sarn-y-Bryn-Caled (Destroyed)

Timber Circle • 14.51km S

1

2
Sarn-y-Bryn-Caled

Cursus • 14.65km S

2
Orsedd Wen

Cairn(s) • 14.92km NNW

6

3
Pen-y-Foel

Hillfort • 15km SSW

2

1
Selattyn Hill

Cairn(s) • 15.08km N

9

3
Cefn-Cyfronydd

Enclosure • 15.13km SW

2

1
Pentre Camp (Llangyniew)

Hillfort • 16.37km SW

1
Cerrig Gwynion

Hillfort • 17.93km WNW

15

2
Graig Wea

Barrow / Cairn Cemetery • 18.04km NNW

6

2
Tomen y Gwyddel

Round Cairn • 18.08km NW

6

1
Cefn-yr-allt

Hillfort • 18.08km SSW

1
Dyffryn Lane

Henge • 18.27km S

1

2

1
Maen Beuno

Standing Stone / Menhir • 18.39km SSW

2

4
The Berth

Hillfort • 18.43km ENE

1

1
Mynydd Tarw, Y Berwyn

Round Cairn • 19.2km WNW

10

2
Llwynmawr

Round Barrow(s) • 19.33km NNW

5

1
St Mary’s Well

Sacred Well • 19.34km SW

2

2
Carnedd Rhys Goch

Cairn(s) • 19.42km NW

3

1
Callow Hill Camp

Hillfort • 19.47km ESE

1

1
Llys-y-Cawr, Allt Dolanog

Hillfort • 19.48km WSW

7

2
Castle Ring (Rorrington)

Hillfort • 19.49km SE

1

1
Glan Hafon cairn

Cairn(s) • 19.89km W

17

2