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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Graig CampCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 1.1 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Powys Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Llandrindod Wells Nearest Village: Nant
Map Ref: SO131584
Latitude: 52.216933N Longitude: 3.273396W
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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Driving north from Hundred House, past Franks Bridge towards Nant, the fort is very visible on its hill top. Parking can be attained by the side of the road near a small conifer plantation to the south.
We opted for a quick and anonymous visit, so opened the gate, shut it and gently strolled to the hilltop. As I reached the top I began to be resigned to it being a bit of an unimpressive fort, but as I crested the hill top the whole northwestern edge was much more built up and very impressive. The bank rose to a height of at least ten feet on one side of the very definite entrance. From there the bank was easily traced back round to the south west, as was the lesser bank and ditch below the upper bank.
From up here I should be able to see Cwm Maerdy standing stone, Fedw stone circle and the barrows on top of "The Van", but only the latter was obvious.
A good site if a little difficult to access .
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