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<< Our Photo Pages >> Castell Coch (Abercastle) - Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Wales in Pembrokeshire

Submitted by pab on Monday, 09 March 2009  Page Views: 11914

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:
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.
3 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
5

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Castell Coch (Abercastle)
Castell Coch (Abercastle) submitted by pab : Castell Coch. View from east, from coastal path. The 2 ditches (arrowed) are about 25 metres apart. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro)

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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SM8734 : Penmorfa by Eirian Evans
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SM8734 : Penmorfa and Castell Coch by Alan Hughes
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SM8734 : Penmorfa by Rob Burke
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SM8734 : View across Porth Mawr towards Penmorfa by Simon Mortimer
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SM8734 : Rampart, Castell Coch by Eirian Evans
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