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Natural PlacesSite Name: Ynys-y-Fydlyn
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 51.6 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Anglesey Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle

Map Ref: SH29189175
Latitude: 53.394868N Longitude: 4.570495W
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3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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4	Short walk on a footpath
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2	A long walk
1	In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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**Ynys-y-Fydlyn** submitted by pab : Ynys-y-Fydlyn Promontory Hillfort Looking rather like a huge sea monster drinking from the ocean - or so we thought! The weaker sections which once joined Ynys-y-Fydlyn to the mainland have been washed away, probably along with the defensive features which would have protected it from the land. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Possible Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Anglesey (Sir Ynys Mon)

The elements have certainly been at work on this stretch of coast - the level of erosion makes it possible that most of the defensive features of this promontory hillfort will have been lost.

The hillfort will have provided excellent visibility along this stretch of coast, with views from The Skerries down to Holy Island.

COFLEIN records it as follows: "Ynys-y-Fydlyn is a distinctive promontory but no cross-banks suggesting a defensive function were noted during field work. The neck of the promontory is fractured leaving the seaward end inaccessible, while the landward end is now under forestry and is also largely inaccessible."
(David Leighton, RCAHMW, 1994)

There is one stretch facing the 'mainland' which seems to be a non-geologically formed ridge, and this may have become apparent since the RCAHMW's 1994 fieldwork. With the tide coming in, we had no opportunity to examine more closely..

COFLEIN reference NPRN 54410
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