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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dunraven - Hillfort in Wales in South Glamorgan

Submitted by vicky on Wednesday, 25 February 2004  Page Views: 12098

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Dunraven
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 5.3 km away from the location you searched for.

County: South Glamorgan Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Brigend  Nearest Village: St Bride`s Major
Map Ref: SS887728  Landranger Map Number: 170
Latitude: 51.443220N  Longitude: 3.602852W
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.
4 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
3

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Dunraven
Dunraven submitted by Bladup : A big bank and ditch at Dunraven fort, sorry about the photo - it was about an hour after the sun had gone down. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in South Glamorgan (Vale of Glamorgan)

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Dunraven submitted by Kinsalegreg : Dunraven hill fort - looking up from the front. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Dunraven submitted by Kinsalegreg : Dunraven hill fort from the top; looking from the ruins of Dunraven Castle with Portcawl in the distance. Half the walls now disappeared owing to storm erosion but still magnificent. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dunraven
Dunraven submitted by Bladup : Some of the big bank and ditches at Dunraven fort. Sorry about the photo - it was about an hour after the sun had gone down. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SS8872 : Castell Dwnrhefn / Dunraven Castle by Alan Richards
by Alan Richards
©2015(licence)
SS8872 : Hill above Trwyn y Witch, Dunraven. by Mick Lobb
by Mick Lobb
©2009(licence)
SS8872 : Thistles and ruins by Debbie J
by Debbie J
©2014(licence)
SS8872 : Outer wall, Dunraven Castle remains. by Mick Lobb
by Mick Lobb
©2009(licence)
SS8872 : Outer wall, Dunraven Castle remains. by Mick Lobb
by Mick Lobb
©2009(licence)

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Re: Dunraven by Anonymous on Friday, 03 January 2020
Dunraven at Southern Down, known in early sources as 'Dindryfan', is considered a possible site for the grave of the Arthurian hero Bedwyr who is buried "on the side of Tryfan" according to a stanza in the early Welsh poem Englynion Y Beddau.
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