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Submitted by geoffstickland on Friday, 14 August 2020 Page Views: 687

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Dinas Bach (Cilycwm)
Country: Wales County: Carmarthenshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Llandovery Nearest Village: Rhandirmwyn
Map Ref: SN77704310
Latitude: 52.072719N Longitude: 3.78581W
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

2 Ambience:

5	Superb
4	Good
3	Ordinary
2	Not Good
1	Awful
0	No data.

4 Access:

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.

4 Accuracy:

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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**Dinas Bach (Cilycwm)** submitted by geoffstickland : On top of the hill is a flat area with a discernible mound in the centre (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hillfort in Carmarthenshire

Although Coflein declines to to ascribe a period to this site, it does have all the features of a typical hill fort. There is a flat area about the size of a tennis court at the top of a steep hill (I walked up it!). There is a small mound in the middle of the summit and the site has commanding views in all directions.
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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:

SN7743 : Afon Tywi at Rhandirmwyn by Nigel Brown — by Nigel Brown
©2009(licence)

SN7743 : Bridge over the River Towy/Afon Tywi by Stuart Wilding — by Stuart Wilding
©2009(licence)

SN7843 : Camping at Rhandirmwyn by Nigel Brown — by Nigel Brown
©2013(licence)

SN7843 : Cwm Tywi near Rhandirmwyn, Carmarthenshire by Roger D Kidd — by Roger D Kidd
©2011(licence)

SN7742 : The track to Penrhyn by Stuart Wilding — by Stuart Wilding
©2009(licence)

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