<< Our Photo Pages >> Beacon Ring - Hillfort in Wales in Powys
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Beacon RingCountry: Wales County: Powys Type: Hillfort
Nearest Village: Trelystan
Map Ref: SJ265058 Landranger Map Number: 126
Latitude: 52.644938N Longitude: 3.08774W
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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Note: Beacon Ring Open Days 27 / 28th July. Guided tours of the site and activities to celebrate 50 years of the Offa's Dyke Association. Free minibuses to the site over the weekend from Welshpool old train station as no parking on site
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