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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Parciau HillfortCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.534 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Anglesey Type: Hillfort
Map Ref: SH4945384676
Latitude: 53.337506N Longitude: 4.262509W
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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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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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Hillfort in Anglesey (Sir Ynys Mon). "A later Prehistoric type walled fort occupies an inland promontory at the north-eastern end of a limestone ridge.
This is a roughly oval enclosure, some 130m east-west by 80m. Its perimeter rests on natural cliffs and crags to the north and west and is defined elsewhere by a bank covering the ruins of a well laid wall of large stone blocks. The entrance is in the south-western side where there is at least one outer rampart or wall.
Numerous hollows in the interior signal the presence of stone-founded roundhouses, generally about 8.2m across, particularly on the south-east side. Delvings into these hollows have recovered a range of Roman material, including box tile fragments (Baynes 1930, 409). This strongly suggests the presence nearby of a Roman building, including baths or a heated suite. 'Well constructed walls' encountered in sloping ground behind Parciau farmhouse, south of the fort's entrance (Prichard 1867, 113), could represent such a building, although a more recent date is perhaps more likely.
The enclosed settlement at Din Lligwy, 1.5km to the north (NPRN 95541), has also produced a range of Roman tiles, including box tile fragments."
Source: Coflein.
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