<< Our Photo Pages >> Pen-Y-Gaer (Llanybydder) - Hillfort in Wales in Carmarthenshire
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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Pen-Y-Gaer (Llanybydder)Country: Wales
NOTE: This site is 3.856 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Carmarthenshire Type: Hillfort
Map Ref: SN52394342
Latitude: 52.069422N Longitude: 4.154971W
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 |
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Hillfort in Carmarthenshire (Sir Caerfyrddin)
"A partially bivallate hillfort, defining the summit of an abrupt peak above Llanybydder. The bivallation occurs to the E, on either side of the entrance, which was inturned. Single ramparts only cap the steeper slopes to the W and S."
Source: Coflein
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