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Submitted by vicky on Friday, 05 November 2004  Page Views: 16998

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Clegyr Boia
Country: Wales County: Pembrokeshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: St David`s
Map Ref: SM73732509  Landranger Map Number: 157
Latitude: 51.878347N  Longitude: 5.288803W
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
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 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
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Clegyr Boia
Clegyr Boia submitted by mishkin : Clegyr Boai west facing towards the sea. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Possible Hillfort or Neolithic Enclosure in Pembrokeshire. This is believed to be an Iron Age hillfort, but during excavations two Neolithic house foundations, one round one rectangular, were discovered showing the site had a long history.

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SM7325 : Clegyr Boia by Alan Hughes
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SM7325 : Clegyr-Boia (6) by Jeff Gogarty
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SM7325 : Clegyr Boia seen from Rhos-y-Cribed by Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff
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SM7325 : Clegyr Boia ancient settlement by Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff
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Re: Clegyr Boia by SumDoood on Wednesday, 31 July 2019
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https://thejournalofantiquities.com/2019/07/30/clegyr-boia-hillfort-near-st-davids-pembrokeshire-sir-benfro-wales/#like-521478
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Re: Clegyr Boia by Anonymous on Saturday, 28 January 2012
Paul R Davis, in his "Hearth and Home - The Story of the Welsh Home" has a brief note of one of the Neolithic buildings, describing it as "one of the oldest houses in Wales". There are post holes cut into the rock, and the building exploited the lie of the land, so in fact it was probably a better home than many in Wales in the C18th and C19th. There are also excellent aerial photos on the RCAHMW site.
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Re: Clegyr Boia Wells by coldrum on Wednesday, 06 January 2010
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There is marked on 1:25,000 OS map a Ffynnon Llygad and a Ffynnon Clegyr-Boia.
Grid reference SM 741 252.

List of wells here:

http://www.greatorme.org.uk/wells.html
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Re: Clegyr Boia by coldrum on Wednesday, 06 January 2010
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Coflein record.

http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/305389/details/CLEGYR+BOIA/
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Re: Clegyr Boia by Anonymous on Monday, 09 November 2009
Named after Boia, an Irish Chief who raided the Welsh coast in the iron age, this hill fort was said to have a well that rises and falls with the tide (an old local tradition). This is unlikely as the site is on a rock outcrop about 50 meters above sea level. I have visited the site and there is nowhere in the high enclosed area that one might expect to see a well. Has anyone any views on this?
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Re: Clegyr Boia by mishkin on Thursday, 22 March 2007
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It features in the landscape as a small twin-peaked saddled rocky outcrop, set about a mile back from the sea.
Two periods are archaeologically defined, the later iron age settlement is a rectangular enclosure, measuring 100m x 25 metres. Two, possible third, neolithic houses have been found placed centrally within the ramparts. The area around the settlement site shows evidence of Mesolithic activity, and there is probably continuous occupancy of this area of 4000 years. One of the huts had been burnt which maybe implies ritual burning on abandonment.
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Re: Clegyr Boia by Anonymous on Tuesday, 09 November 2004
This site was excavated by Audrey Williams (I think she was the wife of Professor Grimes), in 1943. A full report is published in the journal Archaeologia Cambrensis. At present I do not have a date for this paper but could find one. If you are unable to find the information, I can be contacted via the St Davids Cathedral Website.
Nona Rees
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Re: Clegyr Boia by Anonymous on Friday, 05 November 2004
I am not sure whether you are aware that there is a production of a heath
land at present going on at Clegyr Boia. They have taken 2 inches of top
soil off and are going to put a byproduct of petrochemical production on the
land to increase the acidity. This project is being backed by the
Countryside Council of Wales. There is a feeling by people living in the
vacinity that this is an absolute travesty not only ecologically and
visually but also historically. A few of us will be putting an article
together to put in the local paper to protest against this even though
damage has been done already. The topsoil has just been dumped on top of
stone walls.I was wondering if you had some historical information to
provide us with an accurate article to submit.
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    Re: Clegyr Boia by Anonymous on Sunday, 28 November 2010
    There was no chemical nor by-product of the petrochemical industry put on the land. The soil was not taken away or sold but used on an other part of the field.
    The land is NOT on top of the rock but on the North site of the rock and was studied to see if there were any remains. We must not forget that this land was for years intensively farmed with the use of agricultural chemicals and ploughs.
    The heather is doing really well and are well establish and many more plants are getting established on this field.
    it is open to the public.
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