Hardings Down West Fort

Nearest town:
Burry Port (10km N)
OS reference:
SS43439078
OS sheet:
159
Latitude:
51° 35' 36.79 N
Longitude:
4° 15' 38.23 W
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Image of Hardings Down West Fort (Hillfort) by thesweetcheat

Hardings Down, topped with three separate prehistoric forts/enclosures and a Bronze Age cairn. From the south.

Image credit: A. Brookes (11.4.2014)
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thesweetcheat May 25, 2014
Image of Hardings Down West Fort (Hillfort) by thesweetcheat

The West Fort from the east. Burry Holms promontory fort is visible on the right.

Image credit: A. Brookes (20.3.2012)
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thesweetcheat Apr 1, 2012
Image of Hardings Down West Fort (Hillfort) by thesweetcheat

Western interior, looking towards Burry Holms and Carmarthen Bay.

Image credit: A. Brookes (20.3.2012)
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thesweetcheat Apr 1, 2012
Image of Hardings Down West Fort (Hillfort) by thesweetcheat

The northeastern rampart, looking towards Llanmadoc Hill. The fort is built on a fairly steep incline.

Image credit: A. Brookes (20.3.2012)
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thesweetcheat Apr 1, 2012
Image of Hardings Down West Fort (Hillfort) by thesweetcheat

The eastern outworks. The hilltop East Fort can be seen on the skyline, right of photo.

Image credit: A. Brookes (20.3.2012)
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thesweetcheat Apr 1, 2012
Image of Hardings Down West Fort (Hillfort) by thesweetcheat

Outer ditch on the southwest, looking towards the north end of Rhossili Down.

Image credit: A. Brookes (20.3.2012)
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thesweetcheat Apr 1, 2012
Image of Hardings Down West Fort (Hillfort) by thesweetcheat

Hardings Down from Rhossili Down, near Sweyne’s Howes.

Image credit: A. Brookes (20.3.2012)
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thesweetcheat Apr 1, 2012

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Hardings Down West Fort
Hillfort
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Coflein description:

Hardings Down West Fort is a sub-oval enclosure, c. 110m by 75m, set on a spur at the W end of Hardings Down, enclosed by a bank and ditch, an excavation in 1962 indicated that the bank had been reveted. Two further banks and ditches cut across the spur, without forming coherent circuits. The line of the outer ditch is continued by a slighter, possibly later bank with an internal ditch, and this and other banks and ditches to the NW of the main enclosure are thought to have been agricultural enclosures, linking in with modern field boundaries.

Three circular features are apparent internally, two having been excavated in 1962, as was the entrance to the NE.

The entrance appears to have faced downhill, as does that at the N camp.

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