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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Pencoed y Foel Alternative Name: Pencoed-Foel, Pencoed-y-Foel CampCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 3.6 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Ceredigion Type: Hillfort
Map Ref: SN4247042770
Latitude: 52.060849N Longitude: 4.299277W
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 |
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Hillfort in Ceredigion
Pencoed-y-foel hillfort is an oval, banked and ditched enclosure, about 160m from north-east to south-west by 128m defined by degraded banks and scarps. It probably has a north-east facing entrance, and it crowns the summit of an isolated hill.
The fort is supremely well sited on a locally prominent and domed summit commanding the confluence of two small rivers bordering the Teifi. The hillfort has an interesting plan; its otherwise curving perimeter turns sharply to form a flattened northern side. This appears to be a deliberate design feature. Historic quarrying has disturbed parts of the hillfort.
Two halves of a bronze collar, possibly of the late first century BC or early first century AD, together with horse teeth, were recovered, apparently from a pit, during quarrying in 1896.
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