<< Text Pages >> Pen-Y-Gaer (Meidrim) - Hillfort in Wales in Carmarthenshire
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Pen-Y-Gaer (Meidrim)Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 2.001 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Carmarthenshire Type: Hillfort
Map Ref: SN31002102
Latitude: 51.862098N Longitude: 4.45572W
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 |
| 0 | no data |
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Hillfort in Carmarthenshire (Sir Caerfyrddin)
"A roughly 68m stretch of east-facing rampart cuts off an elongated promonrory summit area, some 220m deep, showing traces of at least one cross-bank."
Source: Coflein
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