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Caer y Twr (meaning 'fort of the pile/heap' [1]) is an Iron Age hillfort atop the summit of the Holyhead Mountain in Anglesey, Wales. A view along the top of a section of the Caer y Twr hillfort. The hillfort, which is situated among rocky outcrops, is ideally placed for defence and likely served as a watchtower and possibly as a signal tower.
Hillforts are fortified settlements that were built across Europe in the Bronze Age, Iron Age, and, to a lesser extent, the Early Middle Ages. The following pages are lists of hillforts: Great Britain List of hillforts in Wales. List of hillforts in Monmouthshire; List of hillforts on the Isle of Man; List of hillforts in Northern Ireland
Colour-coded map of hill forts in the British Isles, created in the Wikidata Query Service using data shared by the Atlas of Hillforts (link to interactive version)The newly launched Atlas of Hillforts is a comprehensive listing of hillforts in the British Isles in the form of an interactive map, placing a lot of research about each site on public access.
Moel y Gaer (Welsh for "bald hill of the fortress") is an Iron Age hillfort at the northern end of the Clwydian Range, located on a summit overlooking the valley of the River Wheeler, near the village of Bodfari, Denbighshire, Wales, five miles north-east of Denbigh. The site is a scheduled monument, classified as a prehistoric defensive ...
Penycloddiau is a hill in Flintshire, Wales, and one of five Marilyns in the Clwydian Range. The hill, like Foel Fenlli and Moel Arthur to the south, has an Iron Age hillfort at its summit. [2] It covers 26 hectares (64 acres) making it one of the largest hillforts in Wales. [2]
The summit features a large and prominent archeological site; one of the largest hillforts in west Wales. [1] This hillfort, generally dated to the Iron Age and assumed to be from the first millennium BC. It covers an area of about 4 ha, and is about 400 m x 150 m in extent. The lower slopes of Carningli are covered with traces of Bronze Age ...