<< Text Pages >> Llwynda-ddu - Hillfort in Wales in South Glamorgan
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Llwynda-dduCountry: Wales County: South Glamorgan Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Pentyrch
Map Ref: ST10878100
Latitude: 51.520859N Longitude: 3.286024W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Iron Age fort whose defenses have been damaged and partially destroyed.
Originally this fort had two ramparts and ditches enclosing an egg shaped area of 0.4 ha.
Bank height is about 2.5m above the ditch bottom.
Coflein record: LLWYNDA-DDU.
Ariel photo: photo.
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