<< Our Photo Pages >> Top Castle, Eglwyscummin - Hillfort in Wales in Carmarthenshire
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Top Castle, EglwyscumminCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.975 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Carmarthenshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Village: Amroth
Map Ref: SN19460772
Latitude: 51.739027N Longitude: 4.616199W
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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Top Castle - well-deserved name!
It really is a delightful place to visit - both the views and the atmosphere are absolutely magnificent.
COFLEIN (Reference: NPRN 304232) describes the location in the following terms:
"The SW summit of a NE-SW spur is scarped about to define a D-shaped/oval enclosure known as Top Castle, Eglwyscummin. It measures c.100m NE-SW by 66m, the circuit being bivallate except on the NE, where features may have been lost to cultivation. "
The defensive mounds etc are rather obscured during the summer due to the vegetation, especially those of a prickly variety - but some do have the compensation of bearing fruit.
The site is just within the Carmarthenshire side of the border with Pembrokeshire. Access in easiest by the coastal path as the beach is only accessible at low tides.
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