<< Text Pages >> Castell Rhyfel - Hillfort in Wales in Ceredigion
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Castell RhyfelCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 1.4 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Ceredigion Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Tregaron
Map Ref: SN7320059870
Latitude: 52.222397N Longitude: 3.857693W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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From Coflein -
"Castell Rhyfel is a hilltop enclosure crowning a rounded summit of a ridge, set in an exceptionally exposed, marginal position in hills commanding the headwaters of the Groes Fawr valley to the south. Its summit reaches the 500m contour and there are extensive views on all sides except across the higher summits immediately to the north".
And
"may be interpreted as Late Bronze Age settlement or ceremonial focus"
It is away from good agricultural land and my have been used for refuge by herders or for seasonal meetings and ceremonies at the junction of remote mountain territories. (Credit - Hillforts of Iron Age Wales - Dr Toby Driver)
Coflein -
coflein.gov.uk/en/site/303624
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