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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Caer Pwntan Alternative Name: Pen Y GaerCountry: Wales
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County: Ceredigion Type: Hillfort
Map Ref: SN29164933
Latitude: 52.115824N Longitude: 4.496525W
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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Hillfort in Ceredigion
"Caer Pwntan is an oval, bivallate enclosure, extensively mutiliated and obscurred by quarrying and agriculture. It is depicted on OS County series (Cardigan. XXXI.13 1889). The enclosure, apparently stone-walled, was about 180m east-west by 155m overall, the inner circuit being in the region of 80-100m across: the form of the enclosure, with its widely spaced rampart circuits, resembles that at Castell Nadolig (Nprn304136) which occupies a similar position, across the headwaters of a valley to the north-east."
Source: Coflein
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