{"id":87,"date":"2014-07-12T00:18:40","date_gmt":"2014-07-12T00:18:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crwydro.co.uk\/rhiw\/?page_id=87"},"modified":"2014-07-12T00:18:40","modified_gmt":"2014-07-12T00:18:40","slug":"1742-hillfort-on-creigiau-gwineu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/crwydro.co.uk\/rhiw\/?page_id=87","title":{"rendered":"(1742) HILLFORT on Creigiau Gwineu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>HILLFORT on Creigiau Gwineu (Fig. II2), a long<br \/>\nspine of outcrop running N.E.-S.W., and rising to a height of<br \/>\nnearly 800 ft. above O.D., overlooking the sea to the S. ofthe<br \/>\nvillage of Rhiw. The outcrop forms an escarpment with a<br \/>\nsheer cliff 30-40 ft. high along its N.W. side, and a gentler<br \/>\nslope on the S.E., seaward side. The defences of the fort make<br \/>\nskilful use of the natural features and incorporate the highest<br \/>\npoint of the ridge at their S.W. end. The fort is an elongated<br \/>\noval in plan, its main axis following that of the ridge, and is<br \/>\nrounded at the N.E. but pointed at the S.W. end. It measures<br \/>\n400 ft. in length and 188 ft. in maximum breadth. At the<br \/>\nS.W. end and along most of the N.W. side the natural precipices<br \/>\nserve as the only defence, though about half-way<br \/>\nalong the N.W. side the head of a narrow gully is walled off.<br \/>\nElsewhere the defences consist of a single massive wall from<br \/>\n6 ft. to II ft. in width, following the 750 ft. contour round the<br \/>\nN.E. end, falling to 740 ft. at the lowest point on the E., then<br \/>\nrising steadily along to the S.E. side towards the highest point<br \/>\nof the ridge. The rampart is faced in some places with orthastats<br \/>\nand in others with roughly coursed dry walling, with a<br \/>\ncore of loose stones; large natural boulders or small outcrops<br \/>\nof rock are incorporated in the line of the faces wherever<br \/>\npossible. The whole length of walling is extremely ruined<br \/>\nand seldom stands more than one course high for any distance.<br \/>\nOn the E. and again about half-way along the S.E. are narrow<br \/>\ngaps, 3 ft. 6 ins. and 6 ft. 6 ins. in width respectively, but<br \/>\nneither is certainly original and the main entrance into the<br \/>\nfort is formed by a large natural gully on the W., 22 ft. in<br \/>\nminimum width, in which rock falls and the construction of a<br \/>\nmodern wall have completely masked any details ofthe original<br \/>\ngateway.<br \/>\nThe fort is divided into two &#8216;wards&#8217; by a wall, similar in<br \/>\ncharacter and dimensions to the main rampart, running northwards<br \/>\nfrom a point a little to the W. of the S.E. gap, over the<br \/>\nrocky spine in the centre of the fort, to terminate on a bold<br \/>\ncrag on the N. side of the site.<br \/>\nThree circular huts are visible in the western &#8216;ward&#8217;:<br \/>\n(i) 20 ft. in diameter, against the inner face of the rampart just<br \/>\nto the W. of its junction with the cross-wall; (ii) 18 ft. in<br \/>\ndiameter, a little to the W. of this; and (iii) 16 ft. in diameter,<br \/>\nat the N.E. base of the tower of outcrop overlooking the S.<br \/>\nside of the main entrance.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/crwydro.co.uk\/rhiw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1742.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-88\" src=\"http:\/\/crwydro.co.uk\/rhiw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1742.jpg\" alt=\"1742\" width=\"621\" height=\"526\" srcset=\"http:\/\/crwydro.co.uk\/rhiw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1742.jpg 621w, http:\/\/crwydro.co.uk\/rhiw\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1742-300x254.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From the base of the north-western cliff, on the N. side of\u00a0the entrance, a much ruined wall runs across the flat ground\u00a0towards the N.W. for a distance of at least 125 ft. This is\u00a0older than the present field walls but may be later than the\u00a0hillfort.<\/p>\n<p>Condition: fair. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a017 vii 58 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a044 S.W. Unnoted<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HILLFORT on Creigiau Gwineu (Fig. II2), a long spine of outcrop running N.E.-S.W., and rising to a height of nearly 800 ft. above O.D., overlooking the sea to the S. ofthe village of Rhiw. The outcrop forms an escarpment with a sheer cliff 30-40 ft. high along its N.W. side, and a gentler slope on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":85,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/crwydro.co.uk\/rhiw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/crwydro.co.uk\/rhiw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/crwydro.co.uk\/rhiw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/crwydro.co.uk\/rhiw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/crwydro.co.uk\/rhiw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/crwydro.co.uk\/rhiw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89,"href":"http:\/\/crwydro.co.uk\/rhiw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/87\/revisions\/89"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/crwydro.co.uk\/rhiw\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/85"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/crwydro.co.uk\/rhiw\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}