<< Our Photo Pages >> Castell Coch (Abercastle) - Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Wales in Pembrokeshire
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Castell Coch (Abercastle)Country: Wales County: Pembrokeshire Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Nearest Town: Fishguard Nearest Village: Abercastle
Map Ref: SM87243465
Latitude: 51.969493N Longitude: 5.098751W
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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Iron Age Promontory Fort with 2 lines of ditch & rampart across the narrow neck of Pen Morfa headland. Meaning 'red castle' in Welsh, presumably because of the colouring of the rock.
The earth banks of one of the ditches have been supported with stone, but the RCAHMW entry (NPRN 305293) considers the line of banks and entrance to be in their the original positions.
A wonderfully located site, just off the coastal path.
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