<< Our Photo Pages >> Pen-y-Crug Hillfort - Hillfort in Wales in Powys
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Pen-y-Crug HillfortCountry: Wales County: Powys Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Brecon Nearest Village: Cradoc
Map Ref: SO02943033 Landranger Map Number: 160
Latitude: 51.962947N Longitude: 3.414063W
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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w650marion visited on 24th Sep 2023 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 Guided walk led by Dr Toby Driver and Alice Thorne
SumDoood visited on 28th Aug 2016 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 3 Access: 3 Low cloud and long bracken - I'll have to go back.
Garn visited on 20th Oct 1999 My local hillfort.
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Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 3.5 Access: 3
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