Ramparts restored at hill fort
Submitted by PaulM on Friday, 01 November 2002 Page Views: 1359
Iron Age and Later PrehistoryCountry: Wales County: Pembrokeshire Type: HillfortInternal Links:
Two sections of the ramparts at Foel Drygarn, near Mynachlogddu, had deteriotated over the years and needed to be restored.
National Park Ranger Richard Vaughan and Estate Warden Geoff Severn joined with a work party of North Sector Voluntary Wardens and Cadw Welsh Historic Monuments staff to carry out the repairs.
Said Richard: “We used stone and earth to restore two of the ramparts and turf was brought to the fort from the local area. The voluntary wardens help with many projects during the year and this was one of the more unusual and historic.”
Foel Drygarn – which means ‘Hill of three cairns’ – dates from the Iron Age which in Wales was from around 650 BC to 70 AD, some 2,500 years ago. The cairns are probably from the earlier Bronze Age, c.1500 BC.
The fort – which is over 1,000 feet above sea level - covers an extensive area and dozens of house platforms have been identified. In 1899 excavations took place on the site and artefacts from the Iron Age and the Roman period, including glass beads, jet rings and pottery vessels, were found. Many of these are went to Tenby Museum.
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