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<< Our Photo Pages >> Carn y Fan - Hillfort in Wales in Powys

Submitted by geoffstickland on Monday, 23 September 2002  Page Views: 3898

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Carn y Fan Alternative Name: Coren y Fan
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 1.9 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Powys Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Brecon  Nearest Village: Pont-faen
Map Ref: SN985354  Landranger Map Number: 160
Latitude: 52.007721N  Longitude: 3.480164W
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 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
3

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Carn y Fan
Carn y Fan submitted by geoffstickland : The steeply banked hill top is now covered with dense, native trees. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Seen from a distance this Iron Age defended enclosure is impressive. It enjoyed significant defensive ditches and banks and, standing as it does on the summit of Corn y Fan with its steep slopes, was a formidable defensive position.

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Carn y Fan
Carn y Fan submitted by geoffstickland : The steep slopes would have provided a strong deterent to any invader. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Carn y Fan
Carn y Fan submitted by geoffstickland : Seen from a distance the site is a commdanding presence. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SN9835 : Corn y Fan by Dave Pinniger
by Dave Pinniger
©2007(licence)
SN9835 : Habitation below Corn-y-Fan by Dave Pinniger
by Dave Pinniger
©2007(licence)
SN9835 : View to Corn y Fan by Philip Halling
by Philip Halling
©2018(licence)
SN9835 : Hanging oak wood by CHARLES GORDON CLARK
by CHARLES GORDON CLARK
©2010(licence)
SN9835 : Road and the Ysgir Fechan valley, 1 by Jonathan Billinger
by Jonathan Billinger
©2018(licence)

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Re: Carn y Fan by geoffstickland on Sunday, 21 June 2020
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Sorry! Got my cairns and corns mixed up, according to the OS map this site should be Corn y Fan
corn = a horn or trumpet
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