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<< Text Pages >> Castell Rhyfel - Hillfort in Wales in Ceredigion

Submitted by w650marion on Sunday, 12 November 2023  Page Views: 106

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Castell Rhyfel
Country: Wales County: Ceredigion Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Tregaron
Map Ref: SN7320059870
Latitude: 52.222397N  Longitude: 3.857693W
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.
no data 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
5
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Hillfort in Ceredigion

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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SN7359 : Castell Rhyfel by Rudi Winter
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SN7359 : Castell Rhyfel by Rudi Winter
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SN7359 : Cwm Croes Fawr by Alan Richards
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SN7259 : Castell Rhyfel from below by Rudi Winter
by Rudi Winter
©2010(licence)
SN7359 : Cwm Groes Fawr east of Tregaron, Ceredigion by Roger  D Kidd
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