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<< Text Pages >> Coed y Gaer - Hillfort in Wales in Powys

Submitted by vicky on Monday, 23 September 2002  Page Views: 5796

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Coed y Gaer
Country: Wales County: Powys Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Brecon  Nearest Village: Felindre
Map Ref: SO176240  Landranger Map Number: 161
Latitude: 51.908417N  Longitude: 3.199232W
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
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data 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.
no data 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
3

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SO1723 : Pen-tir, Cwmdu by Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff
by Natasha Ceridwen de Chroustchoff
©2009(licence)
SO1724 : Ruined building above Coed y Gaer near Cwmdu, Powys by Jeremy Bolwell
by Jeremy Bolwell
©2013(licence)
SO1724 : Pasture below woodland on Pen Tir by Jonathan Billinger
by Jonathan Billinger
©2009(licence)
SO1724 : Field and trees above the Rhiangoll valley near Cwmdu, Powys by Jaggery
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SO1723 : Sticil ger Ffarm y Neuadd / A stile near Neuadd Farm by Alan Richards
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