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<< Our Photo Pages >> Pen-Y-Gaer Camp - Hillfort in Wales in Gwynedd

Submitted by coldrum on Tuesday, 12 October 2010  Page Views: 4220

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Pen-Y-Gaer Camp
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.4 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Gwynedd Type: Hillfort

Map Ref: SH58654575
Latitude: 52.990381N  Longitude: 4.107281W
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.
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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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Pen-Y-Gaer Camp
Pen-Y-Gaer Camp submitted by Postman : looking up at the entrance (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Gwynedd

"An irregulary oval enclosure, c.46m E-W by 36m, defined by a denuded wall, c.3.0m thick, with an E facing entrance, occupies an isolated knoll.
The circuit is presently followed by field walls & the interior occupied by folds."

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Pen-Y-Gaer Camp
Pen-Y-Gaer Camp submitted by Postman : Another internal structure, the wall sits upon the iron age (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pen-Y-Gaer Camp
Pen-Y-Gaer Camp submitted by Postman : Seventh site of the day and it starts to clear up now, that's the summer solstice for you. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Pen-Y-Gaer Camp submitted by Postman : freaky rocks by the entrance. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pen-Y-Gaer Camp
Pen-Y-Gaer Camp submitted by Postman : Internal features, modern i'm afraid (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pen-Y-Gaer Camp
Pen-Y-Gaer Camp submitted by Postman : Eric hides from the drizzle next to the entrance, now walled up, booo!

Pen-Y-Gaer Camp
Pen-Y-Gaer Camp submitted by Postman : iron age foundations below modern farm wall.

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Pen-Y-Gaer Camp submitted by Postman : Cnicht rises into cloud far right.

Pen-Y-Gaer Camp
Pen-Y-Gaer Camp submitted by Postman : Moel Hebog and it's cairn cemetery rises darkly into the low cloud

Pen-Y-Gaer Camp
Pen-Y-Gaer Camp submitted by Postman : falls en route to fort

Pen-Y-Gaer Camp
Pen-Y-Gaer Camp submitted by Postman

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