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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Llansteffan CastleCountry: Wales County: Carmarthenshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Kidwelly Nearest Village: Llansteffan
Map Ref: SN352102
Latitude: 51.766158N Longitude: 4.389634W
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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Hillfort in Carmarthenshire
Actually, a short walk on a narrow road will take you straight to the castle. It is a good castle with many spaces to explore, but this is all medieval, and we don't do medieval. Fortunately the castle has been plonked into an Iron age hill fort, in places there are still two well preserved banks and ditches, obviously they're defensive in any age. Couldn't see any sign of the entrance though, later castle building has done away with it.
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