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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Pen-Y-Gaer (Llanengan)Country: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Hillfort
Map Ref: SH29862824
Latitude: 52.824760N Longitude: 4.526603W
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 Gwynedd
"An oval enclosure, about 40m north-east to south-west by 34m, ocupying the summit of a low hill, defined by two lines of scarps representing degraded ramparts, having a north-east facing entrance; within, two roughly 3.6m diameter hollows within may be building sites."
Source: Coflein
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