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<< Text Pages >> Dinorben - Hillfort in Wales in Conwy

Submitted by vicky on Tuesday, 24 September 2002  Page Views: 10411

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Dinorben
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.831 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Conwy Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Abergele
Map Ref: SH968757  Landranger Map Number: 116
Latitude: 53.268217N  Longitude: 3.548839W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
2 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
3

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Re: Dinorben by coldrum on Thursday, 07 January 2010
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The following information from Coflein site:

"A large and powerful hillfort which occupied a limestone promomtory overlooking the Clwyd lowlands. The site was established in the eighth-ninth century BCE with activity or occupation continuing through the Roman period and beyond. Excavations were carried out under the auspices of the Abergele Society from 1912-1922. From this time on quarrying consumed the promontory, fuelled by the voracious appetite of the Shotton steel works. Responding to this excavations took place from 1956 to 1964, 1965-9 and 1977-8, with the result that whilst the site is now totally destroyed it is one of the best known and published hillforts in Wales."

http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/406097/details/DINORBEN%2C+DESTROYED+HILLFORT/
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