Pen Y Gaer

PRN: 663 Overlooking the (river) Afon Duiyn from the NW & west of the village of Castell lies the well preserved multivallate contour hillfort, Pen y Gear. ‘At the entrance (and outside the ramparts on the southern side) there is a cheveaux-de-frise. These are rare in Britain and constitute areas of small upright stones set into the ground to slow approaching attackers.’ - HHER ‘…the inner rampart is built entirely from stone and completely encloses the hillfort while the other banks are built from stone and earth. The western entrance passage through the inner rampart is lined with drystone revetment walls.’ - HHER (There are twelve recorded hut platforms, but the LiDAR data reveals many more.) ‘…some were excavated in 1905 but were undated’ -HHER ‘…the remains of two round barrows are visible to the NW of the fort entrance.’ – HHER Recorded excavations but undated* (Scheduled Monument) Iron Age tribal association (conjecture based on location): Ordovices *Morphology suggests an Iron Age site. Descriptions from HHER. Maps from Google or Bing. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.