<< Our Photo Pages >> Castell Bach (Pen y Graig) - Ancient Village or Settlement in Wales in Ceredigion
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Multi-periodSite Name: Castell Bach (Pen y Graig)Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 2.593 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Ceredigion Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: New Quay Nearest Village: Cwmtydu
Map Ref: SN36045809
Latitude: 52.196596N Longitude: 4.400372W
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 |
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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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SandyG visited on 10th Sep 2022 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 5 Access: 3
PAB have visited here
The delight of the unexpected! We came across what we later learned was Castell Bach, while walking south of New Quay, Ceredigion. The double ramparts and ditch enclosed a cliff-top area looking down on a delightfully shaped outcrop.
As I had not noticed anything on the Portal to look out for on this stretch of coast, I was not initially sure that the ditch was really what it seemed - until I saw that the sea erosion has created an amazing section across the defences! I don't suppose you often get to see an Iron Age defensive ditch in profile?
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