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<< Text Pages >> Pen-Y-Gaer (Llanengan) - Hillfort in Wales in Gwynedd

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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:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5
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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."

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SH2928 : Pen-y-gaer by Rude Health
by Rude Health
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SH2928 : The Pen-y-Gaer Hillfort at the Winter Solstice by Eric Jones
by Eric Jones
©2007(licence)
SH2928 : The rearguard of a retreating flock of sheep on the summit of Pen-y-gaer by Eric Jones
by Eric Jones
©2007(licence)
SH2928 : The Pen-y-gaer hill fort by Eric Jones
by Eric Jones
©2007(licence)
SH2928 : An old lead mine working below Pen-y-gaer by Eric Jones
by Eric Jones
©2007(licence)

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