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Caerau Hillfort is the third largest Iron Age hillfort in Glamorgan, [3] enclosing 5.1 hectares (13 acres), and is surrounded by housing and the A4232.It was once a stronghold of the powerful Silures tribe who inhabited this part of Wales before the arrival of the Romans.
Caerau Hillfort: Hillfort Caerau, (also Ely: ST133750: Hillfort of some 5 ha, with wooded ramparts. Within the Iron Age hillfort are a ruined church (13th century but possibly pre-Norman) and a castle ringwork. Featured in Time Team dig, April 2012 [6]
In 2012, Caerau Hillfort underwent a dig by archaeological television programme Time Team. The research showed that the Iron Age site consists of a substantial hilltop surrounded by multi-vallate earthworks (rings of banks and ditches) that have been cut through at the southeastern extent by a major road.
An Iron Age hillfort stands on Rhiwsaeson Hill. The enclosure, now known as Caerau Hillfort, measures 230 metres (750 ft) by 180 metres (590 ft). [6] A settlement has existed on this site from at least the beginning of the 6th century, when the poet Aneurin wrote of "the white houses of Glamorgan" when referring to Llantrisant. [7]
Time Team investigate Caerau Hillfort, a huge hill near Cardiff that may be immensely significant; is it the long-lost Iron Age capital of South Wales?Geophysics shows multiple circular marks, indicating several roundhouses.
Caerau Hillfort was the subject of a forgery in a book called 'Gwentian Brut' in The Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales, edited by Jones, O.; Williams, E.; Pughe, W.O. (1801). The forgery was fabricated by Edward Williams Iolo Morganwg ) while he was one of the editors of Myvyrian Archaiology ; it suggested that Caerau Hillfort was the site of the ...
The ruins of the church stand on the site of Caerau Hillfort on a natural plateau at the Caerau end of a hill range extending from Leckwith to Caerau. [2] The church is first mentioned in the Taxatio Ecclesiasticus of Pope Nicholas IV in 1291 and was probably built in 1260. [3] Since then it has undergone many repairs and alterations.
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