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<< Our Photo Pages >> Bryn y Castell - Hillfort in Wales in Gwynedd

Submitted by TAlanJones on Thursday, 08 April 2021  Page Views: 12372

Multi-periodSite Name: Bryn y Castell
Country: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Blaenau Ffestiniog
Map Ref: SH7281342969
Latitude: 52.968947N  Longitude: 3.895319W
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
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 5 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
0no data
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Bryn y Castel
Bryn y Castel submitted by TAlanJones : Bryn Y Castell where bog iron was smelted. (Vote or comment on this photo)
There is evidence of Iron smelting dating here from approximately 100BC to AD70 and again from AD150 to 250. Bog iron was smelted at Bryn y Castell hillfort and within an associated hut circle directly below the site. A well preserved section of Sarn Helen Roman military road passes through the high ground between Cwm Teigl and Cwm Gamallt, Gwynedd. (see the nearby sites list on our page for more). The Iron Age sites lying close to the road suggest a much older trackway existed before the Romans improved it.

Other sites nearby - a few metres below the Sarn Helen. This was an extensive settlement and it is well preserved. It comprises of hut circles, cleared terraces and walled enclosures. There are other hut circles within close proximity.
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Bryn y Castell
Bryn y Castell submitted by Postman : Looking over the entrance to the fort, left, and the entrance to the snail shell hut entrance, right. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bryn y Castell
Bryn y Castell submitted by Postman : Looking to the entrance to the fort and the entrance to the snail shell hut on the left. Manod Mawr is the big hill (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bryn y Castell
Bryn y Castell submitted by Postman : This hut circle is just below the fort and contains lots of red rocky slaggy material, this is the iron age after all. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Bryn Y Castell hut circle
Bryn Y Castell hut circle submitted by TAlanJones : The second hut circle close to Bryn Castell hill fort. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bryn Y Castell hut circle
Bryn Y Castell hut circle submitted by TAlanJones : second hut circle close to Bryn Castell hill fort. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Bryn Y Castell hut circle
Bryn Y Castell hut circle submitted by TAlanJones : Bryn Y Castell hut circle with the Iron Age hill fort above.

Bryn Y Castell hut circle
Bryn Y Castell hut circle submitted by TAlanJones : Bryn Y Castelll hut circle

Bryn y Castell
Bryn y Castell submitted by Postman : Looking down on the best parts of the fort.

Bryn y Castell
Bryn y Castell submitted by Postman : Looking down on the fort, Snowdon in rear. (2 comments)

Bryn y Castell
Bryn y Castell submitted by Postman : The interior of the fort, looking towards the entrance. Note the small upright stones, Cheveau-de-frise ?

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 92m ENE 69° Bryn Y Castell hut circle* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH729430)
 342m NNE 13° Sarn Helen Roman Military Road at Cwm Gamallt* Ancient Trackway (SH729433)
 412m SW 228° Cantiorix Lies Here* Early Christian Sculptured Stone (SH725427)
 485m NNE 28° Gamallt Estate hut circle viii* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH7305043393)
 538m NNE 29° Gamallt Estate Stones* Standing Stones (SH7308743433)
 650m NNE 28° Afon Gamallt Hut Circle west* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH7313543535)
 694m SW 226° Beddau Gwyr Ardudwy* Artificial Mound (SH723425)
 778m NE 35° Gamallt Hut Circle east* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH7327843594)
 923m SSW 212° Sarn Helen Mound* Artificial Mound (SH723422)
 955m N 354° Cwm Teigl Hut Circle* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH7273543921)
 963m ESE 105° Llyn Morwynion Hut Circle ii* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH7373942695)
 983m ESE 111° Llyn Morwynion Hut Circle Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH7372542594)
 1.0km NNE 34° Gamallt Iron Age Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH734438)
 1.1km WNW 287° Cwm Teigl Stones* Stone Row / Alignment (SH718433)
 1.1km NE 44° Afon Gamallt Hut Circles and Enclosure* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH7359243730)
 1.1km ESE 114° Llyn Morwynion hut circle* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH738425)
 1.2km N 357° Cwm Teigl Settlement* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH7278244175)
 1.4km E 83° Y Garnedd cairn* Cairn (SH742431)
 1.5km NE 34° Gamallt hut circles* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH737442)
 1.6km WNW 299° Settlement South of Manod Bach* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH714438)
 1.7km NNW 345° Manod Mawr Shelter Modern Stone Circle etc (SH7239544666)
 1.8km SE 131° Rhaeadr y Cwm Hut Circle* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH7411741772)
 1.9km SE 124° Pont Yr Afon Hut Circle* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH7434241885)
 2.0km ESE 116° Llyn Dubach Hut Circle* Ancient Village or Settlement (SH7458642048)
 2.4km WSW 257° Blaen Ddol Hut Circle Settlement Ancient Village or Settlement (SH705425)
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Re: Bryn y Castell by sem on Thursday, 08 June 2017
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