Moel-Y-Gaer (Bodfari)

Moel-y-Gaer (Bodfari) is the northernmost of a series of hillforts atop the Clwydian hills in Wales. Nine seasons of survey and excavation reveal details of Moel-y-Gaer's ramparts, entrances and interior. Discussion situates the site within the later prehistoric settlement record for north-east...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Lock, Gary
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Archaeopress, 2022.
Temas:
Excavations (Archaeology) > Wales > Denbighshire.
Fouilles (Archéologie) > Pays de Galles > Denbighshire.
Antiquities
Excavations (Archaeology)
Denbighshire (Wales) > Antiquities.
Denbighshire (Wales) > History.
Wales > Denbighshire
History
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  • Cover
  • Title page
  • Copyright information
  • Contents
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Figure 1. The location of Moel-y-Gaer (Bodfari), Denbighshire, and the six hillforts within the Heather and Hillforts Project.
  • Figure 2. Moel-y-Gaer (Bodfari) viewed from the north.
  • Figure 3. Ordnance Survey earthwork plans of Moel-y-Gaer (Bodfari), A) 1880s, B) 1964.
  • Figure 4. LiDAR image of Moel-y-Gaer (Bodfari).
  • Figure 5. Mean curvature derived from LiDAR data with topographic survey overlain (red = convex slope, blue = concave slope).
  • Figure 6. Topographic survey of Moel-y-Gaer (Bodfari), overlain on LiDAR, showing contours.
  • Figure 7. Magnetometry data overlain by the hachure survey.
  • Figure 8. A) Resistivity data (Twin 0.5), B): resistivity data (Double-Dipole), both overlain on hachure survey.
  • Figure 9. The location of excavation Trenches 1 to 6.
  • Figure 10. The location of Trench 1 on an artificially levelled platform, looking north towards the inturned entrance.
  • Figure 11. The magnetometry survey showing details of Trenches 1 and 2.
  • Figure 12. Trench 1: the location of the roundhouse, the excavated areas and the main contexts.
  • Figure 13. Trench 1, SEQ, slot 3: the cobbled surface (1016).
  • Figure 14. Trench 1, SEQ, slot 3: view of the cobbled surface (1016) from the north.
  • Figure 15. Trench 1, SEQ, slot 3: the eastern-facing section showing context (1017).
  • Figure 16. Trench 1, SEQ: the western facing section.
  • Figure 17. Trench 1, SEQ: possible roundhouse wall material, (1064) against the cut back bedrock face.
  • Figure 18. Trench 1, NWQ: an area of the possible compacted roundhouse floor surface, (1052).
  • Figure 19. Trench 1, SEQ: a section through the possible hearth (1051) in the centre of the roundhouse.
  • Figure 20. Trench 1, SEQ: east facing section showing the possible hearth (1051).
  • Figure 21. Trench 1, NEQ, slot 2: the eastern facing (top) and western facing sections showing the main contexts.
  • Figure 22. Trench 1, NEQ, slot 1: boulders and bank viewed from the north.
  • Figure 23. Trench 1, NEQ, slot 1: boulders and bank, top plan view, bottom section view.
  • Figure 24. Trench 1, NEQX: the stone bank.
  • Figure 25. Trench 1, NEQX: one of the stone courses of bank material, (1057), the top of revetting stone (1099) is to the left.
  • Figure 26. Trench 1, NEQX: the stone bank.
  • Figure 27. Trench 1, NEQX: one of the revetting stones (1099) at the rear of the bank.
  • Figure 28. Trench 1, NEQX: the stone bank with revetting stone (1099).
  • Figure 29. Trench 1, NEQX: posthole (1086) at the rear of the stone bank.
  • Figure 30. Trench 1, NEQX: posthole (1086) at the rear of the stone bank.
  • Figure 31. Trench 2: the main features.

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