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<< Our Photo Pages >> Pen-y-Corddyn-Mawr - Hillfort in Wales in Conwy

Submitted by vicky on Wednesday, 25 September 2002  Page Views: 11592

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Pen-y-Corddyn-Mawr
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 1.4 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Conwy Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Abergele  Nearest Village: Llandulas
Map Ref: SH914765  Landranger Map Number: 116
Latitude: 53.274326N  Longitude: 3.630045W
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.
3 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
4

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Pen-y-Corddyn-Mawr submitted by Erin : View up to main hillfort of Penycorddyn Mawr from Penycorddyn Bach (Vote or comment on this photo)
Overlooking the River Dulas, this large hillfort is defended by nature on all sides apart from to the north where there are two ramparts faced with stone.

The remains of round huts can be seen inside.

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Pen-y-Corddyn-Mawr submitted by Erin : Looking from possible entrance at north west corner of hillfort towards annexe and THAT view! (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Pen-y-Corddyn-Mawr submitted by Erin : Looking towards Penycorddyn Mawr from east, looking at northern ramparts in right of picture. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Pen-y-Corddyn-Mawr submitted by Erin : Original outer facing of the inner rampart of main hillfort at Penycorddyn Mawr (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Pen-y-Corddyn-Mawr submitted by postman : An arc of rampart. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Pen-y-Corddyn-Mawr submitted by postman : A curving arc of ramparrt (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Pen-y-Corddyn-Mawr submitted by postman : The still impressive but collapsed stoney banks.

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Pen-y-Corddyn-Mawr submitted by postman : Inturned entrance.

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Pen-y-Corddyn-Mawr submitted by postman

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Pen-y-Corddyn-Mawr submitted by Erin : Looking towards Penycorddyn Mawr from east.

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Pen-y-Corddyn-Mawr submitted by Erin : The nothern double ramparts of Penycorddyn Mawr, west of the main entrance, looking towards another possible north west entranceway? Taken from outside main ramparts, within annexe

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Pen-y-Corddyn-Mawr submitted by Erin : The main entrance at Penycorddyn Mawr

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Pen-y-Corddyn-Mawr submitted by Erin : A nice hut platform on Penycorddyn Mawr

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Re: Pen-y-Corddyn-Mawr by Anonymous on Monday, 08 October 2012
My partner and I are archaeologists, currently working on a project about pen-y-corddyn. We have been in contact with the landowners, and i feel i should just point out the hill fort is actually private property and NOT public land. As such the owners have asked that anyone who wants to visit should ask their permission first!
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Re: Pen-y-Corddyn-Mawr by Anonymous on Saturday, 21 July 2012
Situated in the beautiful Dulas valley, this should be an AONB.
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    Re: Pen-y-Corddyn-Mawr by Anonymous on Wednesday, 10 September 2014
    i agree with that the Dulas valley, and the hills nearby (Castell cawr and Bryn Twr) should be AONB. shame about the quarry though !
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Re: Pen-y-Corddyn-Mawr by Anonymous on Saturday, 22 January 2005
I know the area in question like the back of my hand, and have visited Pen Y Corddyn Mawr on many occasions and viewed the surrounding landscape from it's summit. It is an excellent location for a defensive structure, and is rather like a scaled-down version of the neighbouring hillfort 'Bryn Euryn', situated a couple of miles west along the coast at Rhos.
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