The Knave

The Knave
Graham Taylor · CC BY-SA 2.0

An Iron Age promontory hillfort perched on 60-metre cliffs on the Gower coast near Rhossili, Swansea, Wales. The bivallate (two-rampart) defended enclosure measures approximately 52 m by 44 m internally, with an inner rampart that was internally revetted and fronted by a ditch. Ceramic evidence dates occupation to circa 50 BC - 50 AD, with pottery of Glastonbury type found on site. Excavations in 1938 uncovered a circular structure approximately 3.7 m in diameter along with slingstones, hammer-stones, clay daub, and part of a stone mace. The site is crossed by the Wales Coast Path.

TypeFortress/citadel
Period1500 - 500 BC
CountryWales
Coordinates51.5546° N, 4.2635° W

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