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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dinas Mawr, Pwllderi, Pencaer - Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Wales in Pembrokeshire

Submitted by h_fenton on Wednesday, 06 February 2008  Page Views: 13353

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Dinas Mawr, Pwllderi, Pencaer
Country: Wales County: Pembrokeshire Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Nearest Town: Fishguard  Nearest Village: Pencaer
Map Ref: SM88803869
Latitude: 52.006358N  Longitude: 5.078565W
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
 2 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.
 3 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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Dinas Mawr, Llanwnda
Dinas Mawr, Llanwnda submitted by h_fenton : Dinas Mawr Promontory Fort from the north east. (photographed from the coast path) date: 2 April 2005 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Promontory Fort in Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro)

Dinas Mawr, Pwllderi, Pen-caer
Promontory fort, Two lines of ramparts and ditches, the promontory is quite small and very craggy the only potential space for settlement would be immediatly inside the fortifications, there is at least one hut circle, possibly more.

RCAHMW suggest this may be ritual or ceremonial site comparable with the site of 'La Pinnacle' on Jersey. See this link
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Dinas Mawr, Pwllderi, Pencaer
Dinas Mawr, Pwllderi, Pencaer submitted by Horatio : Please forgive me uploading so many pics of the one site (all at once) but I did take note a few years ago that this site didn't have many photo's of it (just one) and the ones I took (years ago also) would've added nothing really to the website as mine back then where also from the ground level, whereas these drone shots give it a sense of environment. Talking of environment, well there's me o... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dinas Mawr, Pwllderi, Pencaer
Dinas Mawr, Pwllderi, Pencaer submitted by Horatio : The view looking south along the coastline towards the fort and beyond Pwllderi. Not a great deal of room for habitation but as mentioned in my other photos, perhaps this wasn't for prolonged habitation, if at all? see my other pics re Coflein entries (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dinas Mawr, Pwllderi, Pencaer
Dinas Mawr, Pwllderi, Pencaer submitted by Horatio : This view from the south really shows that 'towering pinnacle of rock' as Toby Driver mentions -- Taken from off the Coflien site- " 1. The ramparts at Dinas Mawr, Llanwnda, Pen-caer were once stone-walled and are pierced by central gateways, the inner lined with slabs. Although there are traces of at least one hut circle just inside the gate, most of Dinas Fawr comprises a towering pin... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dinas Mawr, Pwllderi, Pencaer
Dinas Mawr, Pwllderi, Pencaer submitted by Horatio : 'Field visit by T. Driver & L. Barker on 8th March 2016 revealed that the total interior enclosed by Dinas Mawr is quite extensive. An accessible grassy terrace on the south and south-east side of the promontory gives access to the 'back' of the fort on the south-west side, with views out across to the offshore stack of Ynys y Dinas. Here there are sheltered areas in the rock face and reasonably f... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dinas Mawr, Pwllderi, Pencaer
Dinas Mawr, Pwllderi, Pencaer submitted by Horatio : With the flat light I found myself with yesterday, this photo is possibly the best view of the double defensive bank and ditches. One is where the the heather is seaward side at the neck of land cuts from the right and just above the arm of land or pinnacle on the left. The first ditch then is just as the whole promontory starts to extend from the land ass and can be seen as an arc, darker on th... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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