| 词条 | Buarth-y-Gaer |
| 释义 |
|name = Buarth-y-Gaer |alternate_name = |image = Buarth y Gaer Iron Age Hill Fort - geograph.org.uk - 95125.jpg |caption = Ramparts of Buarth-y-Gaer, along southeast side. |alt = A grass-covered bank and ditch run alongside a dry-stone wall. | map_type = Wales Neath Port Talbot | map_alt = Neath Port Talbot | map_caption = Buarth-y-Gaer, within Briton Ferry Community, Neath Port Talbot | map_size = | relief = 1 | area = {{convert|1.1|ha|acre|abbr=on}} |location = summit of Mynydd-y-Gaer, Neath Port Talbot, Wales (OS Grid ref SS765939) |region = South Wales |coordinates = {{coord|51.6276|-3.7849|display=inline,title}} |type = Hillfort |epochs = Iron Age |cultures = Celtic Brittonic |excavations = |archaeologists = |public_access = No |condition = A single bank and ditch, damaged by quarrying on south side. |website = |designation1 = Scheduled monument |designation1_number = GM054 |designation1_date = }} Buarth-y-Gaer ({{IPA-cy|ˈbɪ.arθ ə ɡɑːɨr|pron}}) is an Iron Age hillfort or enclosure on the summit of Mynydd-y-Gaer, {{convert|300|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level. It is in Briton Ferry community, near Neath, in Neath Port Talbot, South Wales. A large hilltop enclosure is bounded by a single bank and ditch. Within the enclosed area is a Bronze Age burial mound. LocationThe hillfort is on the highest point of Mynydd-y-Gaer. It is one of three hillforts on this broad upland ridge; Craig Ty-Isaf is a much smaller hillfort to the south-west, close to Baglan, whilst Gaer Fawr is {{convert|800|m|yds|abbr=on}} to the north. Mynydd-y-Gaer has a rounded hilltop, with grassland fields and stone walls running up to Buarth-y-Gaer. The hill stands above the Neath estuary and Briton Ferry, on the other side of Briton Ferry Woods, some {{convert|3|km|miles|abbr=on}} to the north-west.[1] The village of Baglan is at the foot of the hill, {{convert|1|km|miles|abbr=on}} to the south-west. A slightly higher mountain, Foel Fynyddau lies to the east. Although the hillfort lies within Briton Ferry community, the south and east banks of the fort are on the boundary with Baglan community. EarthworksThe fort is defined by a single bank and ditch which are roughly circular. It is {{convert|130|m|yds|abbr=on}} across and encloses {{convert|1.1|ha|acre|abbr=on}} of rough grassland. Small-scale early quarrying has removed some of the bank from the south side. The remainder has several modern gaps and an original entrance on the west side. The bank stands half a metre above the interior, with a {{convert|2|m|ft|abbr=on}} drop from the bank to the bottom of the ditch. The site is a scheduled monument.[1] Although the hill name is 'Mynydd-y-Gaer' (Mountain of the Fort) and the scheduling classifies it as a hillfort, the site shows little evidence of defensibility or fortification, and may be better termed an enclosure[2] or 'defended enclosure'.[3] A Bronze Age burial mound, which pre-dates the hillfort, stands within the enclosed area as the only internal feature. This is 0.8 m high, and {{convert|11.6|m|ft|abbr=on}} across.[4] References1. ^1 Glamorgan Gwent Archaeological Society: {{Watprn|GGAT|00679w}} 2. ^{{cite web | url=http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=16265 | title=Buarth y Gaer - Misc. Earthwork in Wales in West Glamorgan | author= | date=18 February 2007 | website=The Megalithic Portal | accessdate=15 May 2014}} 3. ^RCHAMW - {{Watprn|coflein|301301}} 4. ^Glamorgan Gwent Archaeological Society, Cairn within Buarth-y-Gaer: {{Watprn|GGAT|00648w}} See also
4 : Archaeological sites in Neath Port Talbot|Hillforts in Neath Port Talbot|Bronze Age sites in Wales|Briton Ferry |
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