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<< Our Photo Pages >> Castell Tan Y Bwlch Castle - Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Wales in Ceredigion

Submitted by Hayden on Monday, 27 December 2021  Page Views: 860

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Castell Tan Y Bwlch Castle
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 1.7 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Ceredigion Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Nearest Town: Aberystwyth  Nearest Village: Rhydyfelin
Map Ref: SN5851079000
Latitude: 52.390687N  Longitude: 4.080647W
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.
4 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.
4 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
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Castell Tan Y Bwlch Castle
Castell Tan Y Bwlch Castle submitted by Hayden : View of Castell Tan Y Bwlch from the Ceredigion costal path. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Ceredigion

The original castle at Aberystwyth was built in 1110 by the Earl of Clare and occupied by the Normans until 1136. The Welsh controlled it from 1136 to 1143. The site comprises a large oval ringwork castle on the back of a ridge, with a bailey 120ft long running along the ridge and protected by a scarp up to 13ft high; the ringwork measures 90ft by 70ft. The site was excavated in 1956-7, revealing that the castle was extensively damaged circa 1143 or later and that another period of occupation commenced about 1200AD, when the ruins were levelled and the gateway strengthened. The castle is some 350m north of St Hychan's Church (NPRN 96043) and the two may have been contemporary.

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SN5879 : The Ystwyth Valley from Allt-Wen by Eirian Evans
by Eirian Evans
©2010(licence)
SN5878 : Llanychaiarn Parish Church by Dylan Moore
by Dylan Moore
©2011(licence)
SN5878 : Church entrance gate by Jeremy Bolwell
by Jeremy Bolwell
©2011(licence)
SN5879 : Rhydyfelin viewed from Tanybwlch beach by John Lucas
by John Lucas
©2008(licence)
SN5879 : Afon Ystwyth near Tanybwlch by Chris Denny
by Chris Denny
©2014(licence)

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