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<< Our Photo Pages >> Twyn-y-Gaer (Llanspyddid) - Hillfort in Wales in Powys

Submitted by cerrig on Wednesday, 03 March 2004  Page Views: 8245

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Twyn-y-Gaer (Llanspyddid) Alternative Name: Twyn y Gaer
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 1.0 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Powys Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Brecon  Nearest Village: Llanspyddid
Map Ref: SN990280  Landranger Map Number: 160
Latitude: 51.941303N  Longitude: 3.470702W
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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Twyn-y-Gaer (Llanspyddid)
Twyn-y-Gaer (Llanspyddid) submitted by cerrig : Twyn y Gaer hillfort, Llanspyddid. An easy 20 minute walk from the nearby Mountain Centre over the common. One of the targets for this years(2010) Portal event in Brecon. This view from the road. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Powys. An easy 20 minute walk from the nearby Mountain Centre over the common.

One of the targets for this year's (2010) Portal event in Brecon. This view from the road.
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Twyn-y-Gaer (Llanspyddid)
Twyn-y-Gaer (Llanspyddid) submitted by h_fenton : Twyn-y-Gaer hillfort, from the south. Kite Aerial Photograph 31 July 2010 (Vote or comment on this photo)

Twyn-y-Gaer (Llanspyddid)
Twyn-y-Gaer (Llanspyddid) submitted by h_fenton : Twyn-y-Gaer hillfort, from the southwest. Kite Aerial Photograph 31 July 2010 (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SN9928 : Iron Age Earthworks by Alan Hughes
by Alan Hughes
©2016(licence)
SN9928 : View from Twyn y Gaer towards Pen y Fan by Gareth James
by Gareth James
©2022(licence)
SN9828 : Summit rocks of Twyn y Gaer by Alan Bowring
by Alan Bowring
©2007(licence)
SN9928 : View east from Twyn y Gaer by Gareth James
by Gareth James
©2022(licence)
SN9828 : Trig Point by Alan Hughes
by Alan Hughes
©2016(licence)

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