<< Our Photo Pages >> St David's Church Hillfort - Hillfort in Wales in Ceredigion
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: St David's Church HillfortCountry: Wales County: Ceredigion Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Aberarth Nearest Village: Aberaeron
Map Ref: SN4761063370
Latitude: 52.247350N Longitude: 4.233612W
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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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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 |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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Hayden visited on 17th Apr 2021 - their rating: Cond: 2 Amb: 3 Access: 4 St Davids Church Hillfort
A very large hillfort enclosure above the town of Aberarth.
The site sits below St David's church and graveyard so it is largely obscured. However to the west there is still significant evidence of banks and ditches running along a large portion of the hill.
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