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<< Our Photo Pages >> Cockit Hill - Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle in Wales in Powys

Submitted by h_fenton on Sunday, 08 August 2010  Page Views: 7364

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Cockit Hill Alternative Name: COCKIT HILL B ENCLOSURE
Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 0.6 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Powys Type: Promontory Fort / Cliff Castle
Nearest Town: Talgarth  Nearest Village: Llangors
Map Ref: SO16032774
Latitude: 51.941801N  Longitude: 3.222962W
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
no data 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
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Cockit Hill submitted by h_fenton : Cockit Hill (promontory fort/enclosure) viewed from the south. In the foreground the bank is visible by the fact that the heather is flowering on it. beyond the bank the interpretation of the fort is that it only extends around the nearest rock outcrops. To the right of the picture a path comes up the hillside to the end of the rampart/bank - there appears to be some small steps cut into the... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Promontory Fort in Powys. A bank and ditch 29metres long, cutting across a spur (known as Cockit Hill) of Mynydd Llangorse. The established interpretation is that the bank and ditch form the south side of a promontory fort/enclosure.

The enclosure is interpreted as going north of the bank for roughly 55metres and is defined by rock outcrops on the north and north east sides; while the west side is a steep slope.

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SO1627 : View to Llangors Lake from Cockit Hill by Gareth James
by Gareth James
©2017(licence)
SO1627 : Mynydd Llangors by Alan Richards
by Alan Richards
©2015(licence)
SO1627 : Cockit Hill by Shaun Ferguson
by Shaun Ferguson
©2011(licence)
SO1627 : Descending Cockit Hill by Chris Andrews
by Chris Andrews
©2019(licence)
SO1527 : View to Llangorse Lake from Cockit Hill by Jeremy Bolwell
by Jeremy Bolwell
©2016(licence)

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Re: Cockit Hill by TheCaptain on Thursday, 23 January 2014
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