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<< Our Photo Pages >> Pen-y-Dinas (Gwynedd) - Hillfort in Wales in Gwynedd

Submitted by PAB on Thursday, 25 March 2004  Page Views: 10563

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Pen-y-Dinas (Gwynedd)
Country: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Hillfort
 Nearest Village: Llanaber
Map Ref: SH607209  Landranger Map Number: 124
Latitude: 52.767679N  Longitude: 4.066118W
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
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 3 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.
 3 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
 4

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Pen-y-Dinas (Gwynedd)
Pen-y-Dinas (Gwynedd) submitted by pab : The southern flank of Pen-y-Dinas. (Vote or comment on this photo)
The COFLEIN entry for this site includes aerial photos (from 1948 through to recent) which really set this hillfort in its context above the fertile coastal plain. It refers to it as "... a later Prehistoric type hillfort set above a narrow stream valley leading up to the uplands from the coastal plain of Dyffryn Ardudwy. The fort occupies the sloping tip of a west-facing spur on the north side of the valley. It is a roughly oval enclosure whose interior slopes down to the west. It is about 60m east-west by 50m, and is defined by a tumbled stone wall or rampart, 4.0-5.0m wide, now mostly turf covered....

Finds from earlier excavations are also mentioned - definitely a site to visit, both on the ground and via COFLEIN.
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Pen-y-Dinas (Gwynedd)
Pen-y-Dinas (Gwynedd) submitted by postman : Looking west to the Irish sea (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pen-y-Dinas (Gwynedd)
Pen-y-Dinas (Gwynedd) submitted by postman : From the west I think (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pen-y-Dinas (Gwynedd)
Pen-y-Dinas (Gwynedd) submitted by postman : Waving four year old defines the entrance (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pen-y-Dinas (Gwynedd)
Pen-y-Dinas (Gwynedd) submitted by postman : From the south I first thought it was a giant hill top henge (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pen-y-Dinas (Gwynedd)
Pen-y-Dinas (Gwynedd) submitted by postman : From the two nearby long cairns (Vote or comment on this photo)

Pen-y-Dinas (Gwynedd)
Pen-y-Dinas (Gwynedd) submitted by pab : Pen-y-Dinas, Gwynedd. The Hillfort as seen across the Ceunant Egryn valley, with Moelfre rising to its right. There are several interesting features on the lower hillside that will certainly merit closer research & inspection sometime.

Pen-y-Dinas (Gwynedd)
Pen-y-Dinas (Gwynedd) submitted by pab : Pen-Y-Dinas, Gwynedd. View along the main defensive terrace - with the 2 cairns of Carneddau Hengwm visible on the hillside some 800m away.

Pen-y-Dinas (Gwynedd)
Pen-y-Dinas (Gwynedd) submitted by pab : Pen-Y-Dinas, Gwynedd. The western wall, looking north with Moelfre rising on the right.

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Re: Pen-y-Dinas (Gwynedd) by PAB on Thursday, 19 June 2008
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Re: Pen-y-Dinas (Gwynedd) by PAB on Thursday, 19 June 2008
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The COFLEIN entry for this site includes aerial photos (from 1948 through to recent) which really set this hillfort in its context above the fertile coastal plain. It refers to it as "... a later Prehistoric type hillfort set above a narrow stream valley leading up to the uplands from the coastal plain of Dyffryn Ardudwy.
The fort occupies the sloping tip of a west-facing spur on the north side of the valley. It is a roughly oval enclosure whose interior slopes down to the west. It is about 60m east-west by 50m, and is defined by a tumbled stone wall or rampart, 4.0-5.0m wide, now mostly turf covered....

Finds from earlier excavations are also mentioned - definitely a site to visit, both on the ground and via COFLEIN


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