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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire) Alternative Name: Gwynfor Evans Monument Stone, Garn Goch Hillfort
Country: Wales County: Carmarthenshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Llandeilo  Nearest Village: Bethlehem
Map Ref: SN69122432  Landranger Map Number: 160
Latitude: 51.902004N  Longitude: 3.90375W
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:
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4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
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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
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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
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Iangan visited on 8th Dec 2023 - their rating: Cond: 3 Narrow single track road leading to the site from the village of Bethlehem with very few passing places! Some direction signs have been pushed to indicate an incorrect route! Great to have parking and an information board. Fabulous views. Very peaceful.

sapphonica visited on 7th Oct 2012 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 3 Have been visiting this site for years and it has hardly changed. I particularly enjoy the peace and quite one can find here and on top of that the views are spectacular. Local word of mouth suggests that the walls of the two Iron Age forts were originally roughly 30 foot tall but many of the stones have been used for building local farmhouses and crushed to make road surfaces. The barrow at the very top is thought to be of Neolithic era and is still impressive to this day. If you are visiting please walk over the bracken (if you are able). We are having difficulty controlling the bracken on site and investigation suggests that the best way to reduce growth is to bruise the plants - walking over them will do this and will help preserve the archaeology. Thanks.

Penbron sem Andy B have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3

Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire)
Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire) submitted by Horatio : The best preserved entrance in to the fort, pretty amazing actually, this entrance may or more than likely have been roofed. Looking inwards from outside the fort. 'One of two postern gates in the southeast rampart is the best preserved on site, comprising a narrow passageway lined with tall stones and largely clear of rubble infill. National Park Archaeologist Alice Thorne has suggested... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Carmarthenshire. Overlooking the River Towy, this large hillfort is defended by huge dry-stone walls. There is also a long cairn to the north of the fort. It includes a recent memorial to Welsh MP Gwynfor Evans
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Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire)
Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire) submitted by Horatio : Y Carn Goch is located in the east of the Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) and lies four miles east of Llandeilo on the southern side of the Towy valley. The name means 'red cairn' due to the colour of the fern covered slopes as it dies off in Autumn. It is commonly known as Carn Goch or Garn Coch. This is the site of one of the most impressive hill forts in all of Wales, in fact it is two f... (Vote or comment on this photo)

Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire)
Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire) submitted by sem : Gaer Fawr Y The name given on Coflein (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire) submitted by Andy B : Modern stone monument at the foot of the path to Carn Goch, near the car park. Researching it now, I see it's a very recent memorial to the first Plaid Cymru MP Gwynfor Evans, erected in July 2006. See the bottom of the main site page for Carn Goch (link top left) for more details. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire) submitted by Penbron : NE entrance to the hill fort (4 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire) submitted by Horatio : Carn Goch, taken between the small fort and the large fort showing the first defensive wall. The scale of the whole fort system is one to truly behold! Very atmospheric and had the hairs on the back of my neck standing up just thinking about the Celts defending their families or the Romans having to attack such a formidable structure. For me as an experience, it's up there with Maiden Castle an...

Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire)
Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire) submitted by pjk7009 : Winter sunset at Carn Goch.

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Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire) submitted by jess : A lovely time had by all. A trip to Castell Carreg Cennyn then here - wonderful!

Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire)
Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire) submitted by jess : A small area south-east of the Tywi dominated by Carn Goch, a craggy hill on which lie the substantial remains of Carmarthenshire's largest Iron Age hillfort.

Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire)
Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire) submitted by tonyc : View westwards showing the red (goch) of the bracken. The extent of the wall can be seen with ramhouses for scale. (1 comment)

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Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire) submitted by rocknroll : Taken 9/7/05. (1 comment)

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Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire) submitted by Andy B : The lower ramparts of Carn Goch

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Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire) submitted by Andy B : Close-up of the lower ramparts at Carn Goch

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Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire) submitted by Andy B : The long cairn at Carn Goch

Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire)
Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire) submitted by Horatio : So, this picture doesn't really show the size of these walls, they're mind blowing now let alone what they may have looked like when in use and topped with a palisade! The other thought is, all that man or woman power to handle, move and carry and place every single block, and they are are blocks not stones! Amazing site, could really do with a decent artists impression of it being done.

Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire)
Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire) submitted by Horatio : From within the fort The best preserved entrance in to the fort, pretty amazing actually, this entrance may or more than likely have been roofed. Looking inwards from outside the fort. 'One of two postern gates in the southeast rampart is the best preserved on site, comprising a narrow passageway lined with tall stones and largely clear of rubble infill. National Park Archaeologist Al...

Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire)
Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire) submitted by Horatio : Looking eastwards along the defensive wall The best preserved entrance in to the fort, pretty amazing actually, this entrance may or more than likely have 'One of two postern gates in the southeast rampart is the best preserved on site, comprising a narrow passageway lined with tall stones and largely clear of rubble infill. National Park Archaeologist Alice Thorne has suggested the cla...

Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire)
Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire) submitted by Horatio : Information board in the car park of Garn Goch, puts it all into perspective.

Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire)
Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire) submitted by Bladup : Part of the massive field system outside the southern bank and belonging to the fort.

Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire)
Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire) submitted by Bladup : The north eastern end of the fort looking south.

Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire)
Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire) submitted by Bladup : Looking west from the northern side, the large cairn is clearly visible at the top left of the photo.

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Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire) submitted by Bladup : A large enclosure in the middle of this large fort.

Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire)
Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire) submitted by Bladup : The view west from atop the large cairn over the bank and towards Gaer Fach (Y Garn Goch) fort.

Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire)
Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire) submitted by Bladup : The view north east from atop the large cairn which is built against the outcrop which is visible in the photo.

Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire)
Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire) submitted by Bladup : This large cairn is built against an outcrop inside the fort and overlooks the whole site.

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Re: Carn Goch (Carmarthenshire) by sem on Thursday, 01 June 2017
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OS grid ref (Archwilio) SN69122432 [updated, thank you]
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Gaer Fawr Y by Andy B on Monday, 11 October 2010
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"Substantial long cairn of loose rubble standing on the summit of Carn Goch hillfort (NPRN 100866). Hogg in 1974 (Arch. Camb. Vol. 123, page 44) described it thus;




SN 69030 24301
"This is a mass of rubble some 3m high piled up on a natural crag which accentuates its apparent height when viewed from the north-east. It is completely ruinous showing no trace of revetment or internal structures. In plan it is elongated, 55m by 20m, so that in a literal sense it is a Long Cairn, but the implication of Neolithic associations carried by this term may well be misleading. The siting of the Carn Goch cairn is very uncharacteristic for a Neolithic Long Cairn, and its condition is such that one would expect some traces of megalithic facade or internal structures to appear, if any exist. In brief, the structure is almost certainly a burial cairn and may belong either to the Bronze Age or to the Neolithic period; the former seems rather more probable, but in either case it is anomalous""



http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/409533/details/GAER+FAWR+Y%3BCARN+GOCH+CAIRN/
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Re: Garn Goch by coldrum on Sunday, 10 October 2010
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Coflein site entry.

http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/100866/details/GAER+FAWR+Y%3B+HILLFORT+ON+CARN+GOCH/
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Garn Goch Archaeology Festival, Sat 31 July–Sun 1 Aug by Andy B on Monday, 12 July 2010
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Garn Goch Archaeology Festival

Sat 31 July–Sun 1 Aug 10.00–16.00

Discover the largest Iron Age hillfort in Wales, walk on a time trail from Bethlehem to garn Goch and hear stories from the past and present along the way.

At garn Goch Iron Age hillfort, overlooking the Tywi Valley, visitors will be invited to walk back in time as part of the national festival of British Archaeology. On the weekend of 31st July and 1st August, Dyfed Archaeological Trust and Brecon Beacons National Park will be laying on a host of archaeological and historically-themed activities at the largest hillfort in Wales.

Starting at Bethlehem Community Hall visitors will be guided along a time trail up to the hillfort learning about the landscape and hearing tales of the past along the way. Within the stone ramparts of garn Goch people will be demonstrating crafts through time. Children and adults can investigate the site for themsleves through a history hunt. The weekend will celebrate the landscape of the Twyi valley, the focus of Exploration Tywi ! A community investigation led by the Dyfed Archaeological Trust. The project forms part of the Tywi River Through Time which is a landscape scheme supported by Heritage Lottery Fund, Welsh Assembly Governmnets Rural Development Plan, Carmarthenshire County Council, Countryside Council for Wales and The National Trust.

Location: Bethlehem Community Hall, Bethlehem. Bethlehem Community Centre is the former school and post office in Bethlehem village. Garn Goch Hillfort is located at SN690243

O: Dyfed Archaeological Trust & Brecon Beacons National Park
N: Alice Pyper
W: http://www.dyfedarchaeology.org.uk

Festival of British Archaeology 2010
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Re: Carn Goch Hillfort on YouTube by Anonymous on Sunday, 20 April 2008
The farmer at the foot of the fort (who I believe has subsequently moved on) once told me not to be taken in by the large mound of stones in the middle of the fort which was piled there in recent times (i e within his memory), he thought by the Ordinance Survey to create a better survey point. Seems unlikely to me, but I guess it should at least be viewed with suspicion.
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Re: Carn Goch Hillfort on YouTube by TimPrevett on Tuesday, 13 March 2007
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A welsh hillfort sounding typically windy!

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Memorial stone for Gwynfor Evans erected on route to Carn Goch Hillfort by Andy B on Friday, 25 August 2006
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Memorial rally for first Plaid MP

Gwynfor Evans would climb the mountain where the stone stands
Forty years after the late Gwynfor Evans became the first Plaid Cymru MP, a memorial has been unveiled to him.

He was elected Carmarthen MP on 14 July, 1966, in a historic by-election.

The Cofio '66 (Remember '66) rally marking the anniversary was at the village of Bethlehem, near Llandeilo.

"Wales and Carmarthenshire would not be the country and county they are today had it not been for Gwynfor's contribution," said the area's current Plaid MP, Adam Price.

Gwynfor Evans, who died in April 2005 at the age of 92, was one of Wales' leading political figures of the 20th Century.

More: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/5180726.stm
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