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<< Our Photo Pages >> Victoria Bay - Hillfort in Wales in Pembrokeshire

Submitted by PAB on Sunday, 18 May 2003  Page Views: 6726

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Victoria Bay Alternative Name: Watery Bay rath, Marloes Sound rath
Country: Wales County: Pembrokeshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Haverfordwest
Map Ref: SM769079  Landranger Map Number: 157
Latitude: 51.725316N  Longitude: 5.231763W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 5

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Victoria Bay
Victoria Bay submitted by pab : Victoria Bay Hillfort. View from the west, showing the inner rampart arching round the settlement area. The distance from the inner arch is now just 30 - 40 metres deep to the main cliff edge, and 60 metres wide. (Vote or comment on this photo)
The Pembrokeshire Coastal Path runs along the edge of this magnificently located hillfort, which encloses a cliff-top area approximately 40m deep and 60m across. Given the extent of erosion along this stretch, it is probable that the defended flat settlement area may once have been much more extensive.

No detail of excavations of finds is given on the COFLEIN site.
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Victoria Bay
Victoria Bay submitted by pab : Site in Pembrokeshire (Sir Benfro): Victoria Bay Hillfort. Approaching along the coastal path from the east, this picture gives a good idea of the scale of these ramparts - the figure walking between the right hand ramparts is 5ft (measured personally!). The flat area of settlement is to the left (seaward) side of this picture. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Victoria Bay
Victoria Bay submitted by pab : Victoria Bay Hillfort. Close to Marloes, and facing across to Gateholm and Skokholm Islands, the series of defensive ramparts and ditches can easily be seen from along the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path. As can be seen from this photo taken from the east, the cliffs along this stretch provide a very good barrier. This leaves a relatively short landward stretch to be defended. The triple defensiv... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SM7607 : Gate onto the Pembrokeshire Coast Path by Robin Drayton
by Robin Drayton
©2010(licence)
SM7607 : Pembrokeshire Coast Path by Eirian Evans
by Eirian Evans
©2023(licence)
SM7607 : Late afternoon above Watery Bay by Richard Law
by Richard Law
©2020(licence)
SM7607 : Rocky coast by Alan Hughes
by Alan Hughes
©2019(licence)
SM7607 : Watery Bay by Hugh Venables
by Hugh Venables
©2014(licence)

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Re: Victoria Bay by PAB on Friday, 25 July 2008
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The Pembrokeshire Coastal Path runs along the edge of this magnificently located hillfort, which encloses a cliff-top area approximately 40m deep and 60m across. Given the extent of erosion along this stretch, it is probable that the defended flat settlement area may once have been much more extensive.

No detail of excavations of finds is given on the COFLEIN site.

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Re: Victoria Bay by PAB on Friday, 25 July 2008
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Condition: 3
Ambience: 4
Access: 4
Accuracy: 5 (COFLEIN and GPS)
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Re: Victoria Bay by PAB on Friday, 25 July 2008
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Alternative names:

In the RCAHMW entry for this hillfort, the following names are used, so they might usefully be included as alternatives:

Marloes Sound rath

Watery Bay rath
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