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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Bryn Alyn Alternative Name: Caer Alyn ProjectCountry: Wales County: Wrexham Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Wrexham Nearest Village: Gwersyllt
Map Ref: SJ33125370 Landranger Map Number: 117
Latitude: 53.076322N Longitude: 2.999765W
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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beverlyanddavid visited on 16th Apr 2011 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 4 Beverly and I are volunteer excavators at the site and are there most Saturdays. If you want to see the hill fort and our excavations just pop into Alyn Lodge most Saturdays and we will gladly show you our wonderful site.
Their web site contains lots of information on the site, including dig diaries and photos.
2010 update: Summer school, Geophysical Survey, GIS project, possible neolithic burial chamber, and photo of the rock art found at Bryn Alyn, see the comments below for more.
Note: Caer Alyn: Wat’s Going On? A presentation by Alan Brown from Saturday's Special Offa online conference. You can still read and watch the presentations from the Offa’s Dyke Collanboratory blog
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