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<< Text Pages >> Pencoed y Foel - Hillfort in Wales in Ceredigion

Submitted by Andy B on Sunday, 16 July 2023  Page Views: 234

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Pencoed y Foel Alternative Name: Pencoed-Foel, Pencoed-y-Foel Camp
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 3.6 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Ceredigion Type: Hillfort

Map Ref: SN4247042770
Latitude: 52.060849N  Longitude: 4.299277W
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
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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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Hillfort in Ceredigion

Pencoed-y-foel hillfort is an oval, banked and ditched enclosure, about 160m from north-east to south-west by 128m defined by degraded banks and scarps. It probably has a north-east facing entrance, and it crowns the summit of an isolated hill.

The fort is supremely well sited on a locally prominent and domed summit commanding the confluence of two small rivers bordering the Teifi. The hillfort has an interesting plan; its otherwise curving perimeter turns sharply to form a flattened northern side. This appears to be a deliberate design feature. Historic quarrying has disturbed parts of the hillfort.

Two halves of a bronze collar, possibly of the late first century BC or early first century AD, together with horse teeth, were recovered, apparently from a pit, during quarrying in 1896.

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SN4242 : Pencoed-y-foel by Marion Phillips
by Marion Phillips
©2008(licence)
SN4242 : Coed y Foel by Alan Richards
by Alan Richards
©2018(licence)
SN4242 : Coed y Foel by Marion Phillips
by Marion Phillips
©2008(licence)
SN4243 : Track leading to Gellifaharen by Peter Wood
by Peter Wood
©2018(licence)
SN4243 : Pasture: Gellifaharen, Llandysul by Dylan Moore
by Dylan Moore
©2008(licence)

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