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<< Our Photo Pages >> Y Foel Promontory Fort - Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Wales in Ceredigion

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Date UncertainSite Name: Y Foel Promontory Fort
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.409 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Ceredigion Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
 Nearest Village: Lanrhystud
Map Ref: SN5418069310
Latitude: 52.302496N  Longitude: 4.140019W
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.
4 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.
4 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
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Y Foel Promontory Fort
Y Foel Promontory Fort submitted by Hayden : Picture of Y Foel from Neighbouring hillfort Castell Mawr. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Ceredigion. Y Foel is a small promontory concentric enclosure. The site is situated above the village of Llanrhystud and gives good views of the neighbouring hillforts of Caer Penrhos and Castell Bach.
Very little information is to found about this site other than it was discovered by CUCAP in the 1970s.
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Y Foel Promontory Fort
Y Foel Promontory Fort submitted by Hayden : Y Foel Mound (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SN5369 : Llanrhystud Village Hall by John Fielding
by John Fielding
©2007(licence)
SN5369 : From Castell- bach bridleway to Llanrhystud beach by John Fielding
by John Fielding
©2007(licence)
SN5469 : Ford at Llanrhystyd by Cered
by Cered
©2005(licence)
SN5469 : Old Milestone by the B4337, Llanrhystud by Milestone Society
by Milestone Society
©2019(licence)
SN5469 : Mile Stone - Aberystwyth 9 by Adrian Dust
by Adrian Dust
©2014(licence)

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 507m SW 232° Pentre-isaf Misc. Earthwork (SN5377069010)
 532m SSW 213° Castell Bach (Llanrhystud)* Hillfort (SN5388068870)
 790m SSW 213° Castell Mawr (Llanrhystud) Hillfort (SN5373068660)
 937m WNW 294° Pengarreg Defended Enclosure Hillfort (SN5333069710)
 1.1km ENE 75° Gaer PenrhĂ´s* Ancient Village or Settlement (SN5520569555)
 1.9km ENE 65° Gaer (Gilfachafael)* Ancient Village or Settlement (SN55907005)
 4.5km NNE 14° Pen Glog* Cairn (SN554736)
 4.5km S 177° Llech Gron* Standing Stone (Menhir) (SN5424664851)
 4.8km SW 228° Llanon Defended Enclosure* Ancient Village or Settlement (SN5051066250)
 5.6km ENE 76° The Dominicus Stone Early Christian Sculptured Stone (SN597705)
 8.4km SSW 212° Castell Dinerth* Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle (SN4949062370)
 8.8km E 94° Ty n-yr-eithin* Cairn (SN630685)
 8.8km SW 226° St David's Church Hillfort* Hillfort (SN4761063370)
 9.3km NE 46° Castell Pantmawr Hillfort (SN611756)
 9.4km S 178° Trichrug cairns Round Cairn (SN542599)
 10.2km ENE 58° Llanilar Hillfort (SN62997454)
 10.3km ENE 57° Pen-Y-Castell Enclosure Ancient Village or Settlement (SN62997468)
 10.4km SW 228° Tyn-y-coed the Second Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SN4626462558)
 10.4km SW 228° Tyn-y-coed Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SN4626062559)
 10.5km S 186° Castell Perthi-mawr* Hillfort (SN528589)
 10.6km NNE 22° Castell Tan Y Bwlch Castle* Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle (SN5851079000)
 10.7km SW 230° Aberaeron Chalybeate Well* Holy Well or Sacred Spring (SN458626)
 10.9km ENE 75° Gaer Fawr (Lledrod)* Hillfort (SN648718)
 11.3km SW 230° Pant-teg Enclosure* Hillfort (SN4533062300)
 11.5km SSE 160° Pen-Y-Gaer (Nantcwnlle)* Hillfort (SN57735833)
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