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<< Our Photo Pages >> Cefnllys Castle - Hillfort in Wales in Powys

Submitted by Bladup on Wednesday, 07 December 2016  Page Views: 2674

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Cefnllys Castle Alternative Name: Cefnllys Bank
Country: Wales County: Powys Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Llandrindod Wells
Map Ref: SO08936146
Latitude: 52.243762N  Longitude: 3.335241W
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.
 5 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
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Cefnllys Castle
Cefnllys Castle submitted by Bladup : Cefnllys Castle. The site of the southern castle. (Vote or comment on this photo)
There is a complex hillfort at Cefnllys covering an area approximately 356m by 102m set upon a ridge in a loop of the River Irfon.

There are also the ruins of a medieval town (with prison) and two separate castles.

The castle to the north-east was destroyed by 1262 and was replaced by the one to the south. This was started in 1267 and was ruinous by the late sixteenth century. Other rectilinear banks and enclosures, some of which overlie elements of the hillfort and castle complex are probably a more recent farmstead.
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Cefnllys Castle
Cefnllys Castle submitted by Bladup : Cefnllys Castle. The fort from the east. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cefnllys Castle
Cefnllys Castle submitted by Bladup : Cefnllys Castle. The slight iron age bank at the southern end. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cefnllys Castle
Cefnllys Castle submitted by Bladup : Cefnllys Castle. The southern castle site, I bet it was built over a large cairn. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cefnllys Castle
Cefnllys Castle submitted by Bladup : Cefnllys Castle. The south west end of the fort. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cefnllys Castle
Cefnllys Castle submitted by Bladup : Cefnllys Castle. Looking over the quarry who's stone built the southen castle towards the site of the northern castle. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Cefnllys Castle
Cefnllys Castle submitted by Bladup : Cefnllys Castle. East side looking north east.

Cefnllys Castle
Cefnllys Castle submitted by Bladup : Cefnllys Castle. Some sort of building in the middle of the fort.

Cefnllys Castle
Cefnllys Castle submitted by Bladup : Cefnllys Castle. Outcrop inside the fort looking south west towards the site of the southern castle.

Cefnllys Castle
Cefnllys Castle submitted by Bladup : Cefnllys Castle. The north east end of the fort.

Cefnllys Castle
Cefnllys Castle submitted by Bladup : Cefnllys Castle. An iron age hut site with the iron age bank of the iron age fort behind.

Cefnllys Castle
Cefnllys Castle submitted by Bladup : Cefnllys Castle. The site of the northern castle.

Cefnllys Castle
Cefnllys Castle submitted by Bladup : Cefnllys Castle. What looked like a little hut site near the northern castle site.

Cefnllys Castle
Cefnllys Castle submitted by Bladup : Cefnllys Castle. Iron Age bank at the north east.

Cefnllys Castle
Cefnllys Castle submitted by Bladup : Cefnllys Castle. In the photo are some of the rectilinear banks and enclosures, some of which overlie elements of the fort and are thought to represent a more recent farmstead.

Cefnllys Castle
Cefnllys Castle submitted by Bladup : Cefnllys Castle. A hut site in the northern part of the fort.

Cefnllys Castle
Cefnllys Castle submitted by Bladup : Cefnllys Castle. The northern part of the fort. The first castle was on the mound to the right.

Cefnllys Castle
Cefnllys Castle submitted by Bladup : Cefnllys Castle. Iron Age banks on the north west side.

Cefnllys Castle
Cefnllys Castle submitted by Bladup : Cefnllys Castle. The first view from the west.

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 358m WNW 292° Cefnllys Burnt Mound* Misc. Earthwork (SO086616)
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3D visualisations of the two 13th C castles inside hillfort derived from drone photos by Andy B on Friday, 12 May 2017
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Results of some #drone #photogrammetry at #Cefnllys Bank. Site of two 13th c. #castles built by the Mortimers, possibly inside IA hillfort pic.twitter.com/qEnp8NGBR7

— Mark Walters (@MarkWalters_) May 11, 2017


https://twitter.com/MarkWalters_/status/862757355934580740

#3D visualisations of the two 13th c. castles inside IA hillfort on Cefnllys Bank nr Llandrindod Wells derived from #drone #photogrammetry pic.twitter.com/dVZ7uVPBB8

— Mark Walters (@MarkWalters_) May 11, 2017


https://twitter.com/MarkWalters_/status/862809919816437761
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