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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.
Ruperra hill fort), contour fort Mynydd Twmbarlwm ( 51°37′40″N 3°05′37″W / 51.627654°N 3.093715°W / 51.627654; -3.093715 ), contour fort, motte and bailey castle Cadw ref MM044
Ffridd Faldwyn is an Iron Age hillfort in northern Powys, in the former county of Montgomeryshire, It is sited on a prominent hill west of Montgomery, close to but higher than Montgomery Castle, overlooking the River Severn. It is one of the largest hill-forts in Wales. [1]
There are over 2,000 Iron Age hillforts known in Britain of which nearly 600 are in Wales. [12] Danebury in Hampshire, is the most thoroughly investigated Iron Age hillfort in Britain, as well as the most extensively published. [13]
The Dinas Powys hillfort is an Iron Age hillfort near Dinas Powys, Glamorgan, Wales. [1] It is just one of several thousand hillforts to have been constructed around Great Britain during the British Iron Age, for reasons that are still debatable. The main fort at Dinas Powys was constructed on the northernmost point of the hill in either the ...
Castell Henllys (Welsh, "castle of the old court") is an archaeological site near Nevern in north Pembrokeshire, Wales.. The Iron Age hillfort has been the subject of an ongoing excavation since the start of the 21st century, accompanied by an exercise in reconstruction archaeology whereby experiments in prehistoric farming have been practised.
Pen Dinas (Welsh pronunciation: [pɛn ˈdiːnas]) is a large hill in Penparcau, on the coast of Ceredigion, Wales, (just south of Aberystwyth) upon which an extensive Iron Age, Celtic hillfort is situated. The site can easily be reached on foot from Aberystwyth town centre and is accessible via a series of well marked trails.
Tre'r Ceiri ([treːr ˈkɛiri] ⓘ) is a hillfort dating back to the Iron Age. The name means "town of the giants", from cewri , plural of cawr , "giant". [ 1 ] The settlement is 450 metres (1,480 ft) above sea level on the slopes of Yr Eifl , a mountain on the north coast of the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd , north-western Wales.