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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Pendinas Lochtyn Alternative Name: Pen Dinas Lochdyn
Country: Wales County: Ceredigion Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Aberporth Nearest Village: Llangranog
Map Ref: SN31565486
Latitude: 52.166232N Longitude: 4.46425W
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

3 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

4 Access:

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.

4 Accuracy:

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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**Pendinas Lochtyn** submitted by pab : North flank of Pen Dinas, from Ynys Lochtyn. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hillfort in Ceredigion
Pendinas means 'Fortified headland', a name found elsewhere in Wales, and also in Cornwall (eg St Ives). This is a wonderful example, with the enclosure itself being a very large 160m by 100m.

In fact, the hilltop enclosure is so large that modern buildings on its summit (whoever allowed that!) are fortunately not really visible except in the aerial shots linked to below.

The RCAHMW entry records that several structures have been identified, including Roman with radio-carbon range from 85-420AD. It commands magnifiecent views, including those right round Cardigan Bay to Snowdonia and the Lleyn Peninsular in North Wales.

Two of my pictures are taken from the Ynys Lochtyn islet which is cut off at high tide - and which is a truly wonderful place to watch the dolphins heading for Newquay - not a bad way to have spent the weekend really!

The alternative name is really just a variation of spelling, included to help those searching from names sometimes used on OS maps. For aerial pictures, certainly worth visiting the Coflen site.
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:

SN3154 : Ynys-Lochtyn and Pendinaslochdyn by Dave Price — by Dave Price
©2013(licence)

SN3154 : Pendinaslochdyn Iron Age Hillfort by Sandy Gerrard — by Sandy Gerrard
©2022(licence)

SN3154 : Pendinas Lochtyn by Eirian Evans — by Eirian Evans
©2019(licence)

SN3154 : Pendinas Lochtyn hillfort by C Michael Hogan — by C Michael Hogan
©2008(licence)

SN3154 : Sheep grazin g on Pendinas Lochtyn by Eirian Evans — by Eirian Evans
©2019(licence)

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