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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Cefn Pâl North Defended EnclosureCountry: Wales County: Carmarthenshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Llandovery Nearest Village: Cynghordy
Map Ref: SN80433840
Latitude: 52.031079N Longitude: 3.744352W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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An Iron Age Defended Enclosure with banks and ditches and about 80' across. The layout is hard to decipher owing to the abundant hay crop flourishing at the time of photographing.
Coflein site no. 304647
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