<< Our Photo Pages >> Castle Ring (Powys) - Hillfort in Wales in Powys
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Castle Ring (Powys)Country: Wales County: Powys Type: Hillfort
Nearest Village: Evenjobb
Map Ref: SO26646360 Landranger Map Number: 137
Latitude: 52.265647N Longitude: 3.07638W
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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It seems that Castle Ring is more of a fortified enclosure than what is generally regarded as a hill-fort. Access is easy with a car park off Warden Road which runs from Presteign to Beggar's Bush and a short walk along a track through a coppiced woodland.
This site is recorded as Coflein NPRN 306369, which tells us: "Castle Ring, Pen Offa, is an oval enclosure, 136m by 106m, defined by banks, ditches and a counterscarp, with simple entrances to the north-west and south-east".
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