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hillfort
A hillfort is a type of earthwork used as a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. They are typically European and of the Bronze Age or Iron Age. Some were used in the post-Roma ...
s in
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...
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Anglesey
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Din Sylwy (Bwrdd Arthur) (
), contour fort
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Caer Idris Hillfort (
), promontory fort
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Caer y Twr
Caer y Twr (meaning 'fort of the pile/heap') is an Iron Age hillfort atop the summit of the Holyhead Mountain in Anglesey, Wales.
The hillfort, which is situated among rocky outcrops, is ideally placed for defence and likely served as a watchto ...
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), partial contour fort
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Dinas Gynfor (
), promontory fort
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Dinas Porth Ruffydd (
), promontory fort
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Mynydd Llwydiarth (
), promontory fort
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Parciau hill fort
Parciau hill fort is a hill fort on the Welsh island of Anglesey.Frances Lynch. A guide to ancient and historic Wales. Gwynedd. . HMSO 1995. p 69 It stands on the summit of Bryn Ddiôl, whose name means "trackless hill".
The site
Bryn Ddiôl i ...
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), promontory fort
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Tan-y-graig, Llanffinan (
), contour fort
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Twyn-y-Parc (
), promontory fort
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Y Werthyr hillfort
Y, or y, is the twenty-fifth and penultimate letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. According to some authorities, it is the sixth (or seventh ...
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), marsh fort
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Y Werthyr, Llanddeusant (
), contour fort
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Ynys-y-Fydlyn (
), promontory fort
Bridgend County Borough
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Cae Summerhouse Camp CAE may refer to:
Organisations Aviation
* CAE Aviation, a Luxembourgian aviation services company
* CAE Inc. (formerly Canadian Aviation Electronics), a Canadian manufacturer of simulation technologies and training provider
* Régional Compagnie A ...
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), partial contour fort
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Chapel Hill Camp, Merthyr Mawr House
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), contour fort
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Coed-y-Mwstwr (
), contour fort
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Cwm Llwyd (
), partial contour fort
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Mynydd Twmpathyddaer (
), contour fort
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Mynydd y Gaer
Mynydd y Gaer is a 295-metre-high hill in Bridgend County Borough in South Wales. The summit is crowned by a trig point.
It is reputed to be the site of Caradoc's fortress who in the first century AD resisted the Roman invasion of the Silures ...
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), partial contour fort
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Pen y Castell, Kenfig Hill
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), contour fort
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Y Bwlwarcau
Y, or y, is the twenty-fifth and penultimate letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. According to some authorities, it is the sixth (or sevent ...
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), multiple enclosure hillfort
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Y Bwlwarcau, Eastern Enclosure
Y, or y, is the twenty-fifth and penultimate letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. According to some authorities, it is the sixth (or seventh ...
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), hillslope fort
Caerphilly County Borough
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Ruperra hill fort (
), contour fort
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Mynydd Twmbarlwm (
), contour fort, motte and bailey castle Cadw ref MM044
Carmarthenshire
Ceredigion
City and County of Cardiff
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Caerau Hillfort
Caerau Hillfort ( cy, Bryngaer Caerau) is a large triangular multivallate Iron Age hillfort, built on a previously occupied Neolithic site, occupying the western tip of an extensive ridge-top plateau in the western suburbs of Caerau and Ely ...
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), contour fort
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Castle Field Camp, Graig-llwyn (
), partial contour fort
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Llwynda'-ddu (
), contour fort
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Wenallt Camp
Wenallt Camp, also known as Wenallt Enclosure, is an Iron Age enclosure on the southern slope of Wenallt Hill near Rhiwbina in Cardiff, Wales. The site is sometimes classified as a hillfort
A hillfort is a type of earthwork used as a fortifi ...
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), hillslope fort
City and County of Swansea
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Berry Wood (
), hillslope fort
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Bishopston Valley Camp (
), promontory fort
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Burry Holms
Burry Holms () ( cy, Ynys Lanwol), a tidal island with the height of () is at the northern end of Rhossili Bay in the Gower Peninsula, Wales. During spring and summer, Burry Holms is covered by flowers such as thrift and sea campion.
Etymol ...
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), promontory fort
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Carn Nicholas (
), hillslope fort
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Cilifor Top (
), contour fort
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Crawley Rocks, Nicholston Burrows (
), promontory fort
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Deborah's Hole Camp
Deborah's Hole Camp (also known as The Knave) is an Iron Age hillfort situated atop the cliff above Deborah's Hole cave in the unitary authority of Swansea, Wales. It is crossed by the Wales Coast Path
The Wales Coast Path ( cy, Llwybr Arfordir ...
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), promontory fort
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Fforestnewydd (
), level terrain fort
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Graig Fawr, Pontardulais (
), contour fort
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Gron Gaer Gron may refer to the following places:
*Gron, Cher, a commune in the department of Cher, France
*Gron, Yonne, a commune in the department of Yonne, France
*Groń, Tatra County, a village in southern Poland
*Grön, a Swedish/Finnish surname (includ ...
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), partial contour fort
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Harding's Down West Camp (
), contour fort
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Harding's Down, East Camp (
), partial contour fort
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Harding's Down, North Camp (
), hillslope fort
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Hen Gastell, Pen-Clawdd (
), hillslope fort
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High Pennard (
), promontory fort
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Horse Cliff Camp (
), promontory fort
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Lewes Castle Promontory Fort, Rhossili
Lewes () is the county town of East Sussex, England. It is the police and judicial centre for all of Sussex and is home to Sussex Police, East Sussex Fire & Rescue Service, Lewes Crown Court and HMP Lewes. The civil parish is the centre of the ...
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), promontory fort
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Llanddewi, Port Eynon (
), level terrain fort
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Llwynheiernin (
), hillslope fort
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Maiden Castle, Oxwich (
), promontory fort
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Old Castle Promontory Fort, Rhossili
Old or OLD may refer to:
Places
*Old, Baranya, Hungary
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* Old Street station, a railway and tube station in London (station code OLD)
*OLD, IATA code for Old Town Municipal Airport and Seaplane Base, Old Town, Ma ...
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), promontory fort
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Pen-y-gaer, Pen-clawdd (
), partial contour fort
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Redley Cliff Camp (
), promontory fort
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Reynoldston Camp (
), hillslope fort
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Stembridge Hillfort (
), promontory fort
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The Bulwark, Llanmadoc Hill (
), hillslope fort
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Thurba Head (
), promontory fort
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Tor-Gro (
), level terrain fort
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Willoxton Cwm (
), hillslope fort
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Worm's Head
Worm's Head ( cy, Ynys Weryn) is a headland, at Rhossili, part of the City and County of Swansea, Wales. It is the furthest westerly point of the Gower Peninsula. The name Worm's Head is derived from an Old English word 'wyrm' for 'sea serpent'. ...
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), promontory fort
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Yellow Top, Paviland (
), promontory fort
Conwy County Borough
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Braich-y-Ddinas
Braich-y-Dinas was an extensive hillfort at the summit of Penmaenmawr, one of the northernmost peaks of the Carneddau mountain range on North coast of Wales. It was once considered the best preserved and most complete hillfort in North-West Wales, ...
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), partial contour fort
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Bryn Euryn
Bryn Euryn (; ) is a hill which is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Conwy County Borough, Wales. There is a trig point at the summit. It lies above the seaside town of Rhos-on-Sea and village of Mochdre, Conwy. It is 131 metres (430 feet ...
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), partial contour fort
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Bryngaer Dinas (
), contour fort
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Caer Bach (
), partial contour fort
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Caer Caradog (
), partial contour fort
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Caer Ddunod (
), partial contour fort
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Castell Caer Seion (
), contour fort
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Cerrig-y-ddinas, Llangelynin (
), partial contour fort
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Dinas Allt Wen, Dwygyfylchi
Dinas may refer to:
Places England
* Dinas, an area of Padstow, Cornwall
* Castle an Dinas, St Columb Major, an Iron Age hillfort at the summit of Castle Downs, Cornwall
* Treryn Dinas, a headland near Treen, on the Penwith peninsula, Cornwal ...
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), contour fort
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Dinorben (
), contour fort
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Erw Goch Camp (
), level terrain fort
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Mynydd y Gaer
Mynydd y Gaer is a 295-metre-high hill in Bridgend County Borough in South Wales. The summit is crowned by a trig point.
It is reputed to be the site of Caradoc's fortress who in the first century AD resisted the Roman invasion of the Silures ...
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), contour fort
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Pen y corddyn Mawr (
), partial contour fort
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Pen y Dinas (
), promontory fort
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Pen y Gaer
Pen y Gaer (or Pen-y-gaer) is the location of a Bronze Age and Iron Age hillfort near the village of Llanbedr-y-Cennin in the Conwy valley, Wales.
A natural defensive site, it had a long history of occupation, indicated by the complexity of th ...
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), contour fort
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Pen-y-Castell, Maenan (
), hillslope fort
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Tan-y-Gopa
Castell Cawr, or Tan-y-Gopa as it is known locally, is a heavily forested hill above the town of Abergele in Conwy county borough, Wales. On it is found the Iron Age hillfort of Castell Cawr, which overlooks the River Clwyd. Rare lesser horsesh ...
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), contour fort
Denbighshire
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Bedd-y-Cawr, St Asaph (
), promontory fort
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Caer Drewyn
Caer Drewyn is an early Iron Age hillfort to the north of the town of Corwen, Denbighshire (Grid reference ). It has a large stone rampart with entrances on the west and north sides; there is a guard chamber within the north-east entrance, and it ...
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), partial contour fort
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Castell Dinas Bran (
), contour fort
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Craig Adwy Wynt (
), partial contour fort
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Craig yr Ychain (
), partial contour fort
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Dinas Melin-y-Wig (
), contour fort
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Foel Fenlli
Foel Fenlli or Moel Fenlli is a hill in Denbighshire, North Wales. With a summit at an elevation of , it is the second highest peak of the Clwydian Range.
A popular ascent leads south from the car park at Bwlch Penbarras, which is also a popul ...
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), partial contour fort
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Gwernheylod Banks (
), promontory fort
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Moel Fodig (
), contour fort
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Moel Hiraddug
Moel Hiraddug, also known as Y Foel, is a hill fort and hill in the Clwydian Range of north-east Wales. The northern part of the hill has been eaten away by limestone quarrying. An Iron Age hillfort crowns the hill, called Moel Hiraddug. Its ridge ...
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), contour fort
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Moel y Gaer, Bodfari (
), partial contour fort
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Moel y Gaer, Llanbedr (
), contour fort
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Moel y Gaer, Llantysilio (
), contour fort
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Mynydd Rhyd ddu (
), contour fort
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Pen y Gaer, Efenechtyd (
), contour fort
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Pen y Gaer, Trefor (
), level terrain fort
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Penycloddiau
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. It covers making it one of the largest hillforts ...
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), partial contour fort
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Pwll-y-Clai (
), contour fort
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Tan-y-Llan (
), hillslope fort
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Vivod (
), level terrain fort
Flintshire
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Caer Estyn (
), contour fort
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Glol Camp (
), contour fort
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Moel Arthur
Moel Arthur ("Arthur's Hill") is an Iron Age hillfort in Flintshire, Wales, at the boundary with Denbighshire, about east of Denbigh.
It is on a prominent hill, height , in the Clwydian Range; it overlooks the Vale of Clwyd to the west. Offa's ...
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), contour fort
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Moel Ffagnallt (
), contour fort
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Moel y Gaer, Rhosesmor
Moel y Gaer (Welsh for "bald hill of the fortress") is an Iron Age hillfort located on a summit at the southern end of Halkyn Mountain, overlooking the village of Rhosesmor, Flintshire, Wales. It is a well-preserved hillfort overlooking the Dee ...
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), contour fort
Gwynedd
Merthyr Tydfil County Borough
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Castell Morlais (
), contour fort
Monmouthshire
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Blackfield Wood Camp (
), promontory fort
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Cae Camp (
), contour fort
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Caerau Camp, Ponthir (
), partial contour fort
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Coed y Bwnydd Camp (
), contour fort
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Gaer Fawr Camp, Llangwm (
), contour fort
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Gaer Hill Camp, Penterry (
), contour fort
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Gaer hill fort, Trellech (
), multiple enclosure hillfort
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Great House Camp (
), contour fort
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Llancayo Camp (
), promontory fort
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Llanmelin Wood Camp and Llanmelin Outpost, Caerwent
Llanvair Discoed ( cy, Llanfair Is Coed) is a small village in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales, 6 miles west of Chepstow and 10 miles east of Newport, Wales, Newport.
History
The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as 'Lamecare'. Th ...
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), contour fort
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Mitchel-troy enclosure (
), hillslope fort
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Pen Twyn, Llanfihangel Crucorney (
), contour fort
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Piercefield Great Camp (
), partial contour fort
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Piercefield Little Camp (
), level terrain fort
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Sudbrook Camp (
), promontory fort
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The Bulwarks, Chepstow (
), promontory fort
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The Larches Camp (
), contour fort
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Twyn y Gaer, Llanfihangel Crucorney (
), contour fort
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Ysgyryd (Skirrid) Fawr (
), contour fort
Neath Port Talbot County Borough
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Buarth y Gaer (
), contour fort
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Caer Blaen-y-cwm, Margam (
), hillslope fort
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Carn Caca (
), partial contour fort
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Cefn yr Argoed Cefn may refer to:
Places
*Cefn (community), in Wrexham county borough, Wales
**Cefn Mawr, a large village in the community of Cefn
*Cefn Cribwr, a village in Bridgend county borough, Wales
*Cefn Fault, a geological fault in Wales
*Cefn Glas, an ar ...
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), hillslope fort
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Craig Ty-Isaf
Craig Ty-Isaf is a small hillfort in Baglan community, Neath Port Talbot, in South Wales. It is one of three hillforts on the area of hillside known as Mynydd y Gaer, and is within Briton Ferry Woods. The hillfort is on the SW side of the hill, ...
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), partial contour fort
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Gaer Fawr Lower Camp, Mynydd y Gaer (
), partial contour fort
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Glyn-Neath
Glynneath ( cy, Glyn-nedd "valley of the River Neath"), also spelt ''Glyn-neath'' and ''Glyn Neath'', is a small town, community and electoral ward lying on the River Neath in the county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales. It was formerly in th ...
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), contour fort
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Half Moon Camp, Margam (
), contour fort
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Mynydd-y-Castell Camp, Margam (
), contour fort
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Pen y Castell, Cwmafan (
), contour fort
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Warren Hill, Briton Ferry (
), contour fort
Newport
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Castell Prin (
), contour fort
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Coed-y-Caerau enclosure complex (
), contour fort
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Graig-y-Saeson (
), partial contour fort
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Lodge Wood Camp (
), contour fort
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Rhiwderin Camp (
), contour fort
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St Julian's Wood Camp, Christchurch
ST, St, or St. may refer to:
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* Stanza, in poetry
* Suicidal Tendencies, an American heavy metal/hardcore punk band
* Star Trek, a science-fiction media franchise
* Summa Theologica, a compendium of Catholic philosophy an ...
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), hillslope fort
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The Mount, Pen-y-Lan (
), contour fort
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Tredegar Fort (
), contour fort
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Wilcrick Hill Camp (
), contour fort
Pembrokeshire
Powys
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Aberllynfi Gaer (
), partial contour fort
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Afon Tarell
The Afon Tarell is a river in Powys, Wales, which rises to the west of the Brecon Beacons in Brecon Beacons National Park and flows north, then north-east, for into the River Usk.
The river is followed for its entire length through Glyn Tarell ( ...
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), promontory fort
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Allt yr Esgair
Allt yr Esgair is a hill in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Powys, Wales. It is commonly referred to locally as simply 'The Allt'. The Welsh name signifies 'wooded slope of the ridge'. It takes the form of a northwest-southeast aligned ridge ...
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), contour fort
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Bausley Hill (
), partial contour fort
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Beacon Ring (
), contour fort
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Black Bank (
), partial contour fort
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Breidden hillfort (
), contour fort
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Bryn Mawr (
), contour fort
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Bryn-y-Saethau (
), contour fort
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Bryngwyn Wood Camp (
), contour fort
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Burfa Castle (
), contour fort
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Bwlch-y-Cibau
Bwlch-y-Cibau also known as the "pass of the husks" in English, is a small village located between Llanfyllin and Welshpool. It is situated on the A490. It is in the Community (Wales), community of Meifod.
Amenities
The village is very rural wit ...
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), contour fort
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Caer Din (
), contour fort
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Caer Einon
Caer (; owl, cair or ') is a Welsh placenames, placename element in Welsh language, Welsh meaning "stronghold", "fortress", or "citadel", roughly equivalent to an Old English suffix (''-ceaster'') now variously written as Chester (placename elem ...
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), promontory fort
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Caer Fawr, Llanelwedd (
), promontory fort
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Careg-wiber Bank (
), level terrain fort
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Castell Carno (
), partial contour fort
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Castell Dinas, Talgarth (
), contour fort
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Castell-y-Blaidd (
), contour fort
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Castell-y-Dail (
), partial contour fort
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Castle Bank, Glascwm (
), contour fort
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Castle Ring, Old Churchstoke (
), hillslope fort
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Castle Ring, Pen Offa (
), partial contour fort
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Cefn Carnedd (
), contour fort
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Cefn Cyfronydd (
), contour fort
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Cefn Llan (
), contour fort
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Cefn-Du Camp (
), partial contour fort
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Cefn-y-Castell (
), contour fort
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Cefn-y-Coed (
), hillslope fort
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Cefn-yr-Allt (
), partial contour fort
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Cefnllys Castle
Cefnllys Castle ( cy, Castell Cefn-llys, ) was a medieval spur castle in Radnorshire (now part of Powys), Wales. Two successive masonry castles were built on a ridge above the River Ithon known as Castle Bank ( cy, Craig y Castell, translation=c ...
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), contour fort
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Clawdd Wood (
), contour fort
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Coed Fennifach
Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to t ...
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), contour fort
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Coed Mawr Gaer (
), contour fort
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Coed Pentwyn (
), partial contour fort
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Coed Swydd (
), hillslope fort
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Coed y Caerau
Mixed-sex education, also known as mixed-gender education, co-education, or coeducation (abbreviated to co-ed or coed), is a system of education where males and females are educated together. Whereas single-sex education was more common up to t ...
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), hillslope fort
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Coed-y-Gaer, Llanfihangel Cwmdu (
), partial contour fort
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Corn y Fan (
), contour fort
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Craig Rhiwarth
Craig Rhiwarth is a mountain in the Berwyn range, in Powys (formerly Montgomeryshire), Wales, overlooking the village of Llangynog to the south. On the summit is an Iron Age hillfort, and there are remains of slate quarrying on the southern slopes ...
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), contour fort
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Craig y Ddinas __NOTOC__
Craig may refer to:
Geology
*Craig (landform), a rocky hill or mountain often having large casims or sharp intentations.
People (and fictional characters)
* Craig (surname)
* Craig (given name)
Places
Scotland
*Craig, Angus, aka Barony ...
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), promontory fort
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Cross Oak (
), contour fort
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Crowther's Camp (
), partial contour fort
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Crug Hywel
Crug Hywel is an Iron Age Celtic hillfort, with a clearly visible earth and stone ditch and rampart. Crug Hywel is approached by a couple of public footpaths across farmland from Crickhowell and Llanbedr and visited by the Beacons Way. It lies wi ...
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), partial contour fort
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Cwm Aran
Cwm may refer to:
* Cwm (landform), a rounded, glaciated valley, also known as a corrie or cirque
* Cwm (software), a general-purpose data processor for the semantic web
* Cwm railway station, a station in Cwm, Blaenau Gwent, Wales, 1852–1963
* ...
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), contour fort
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Cwm Berwyn (
), promontory fort
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Cwm Cefn-y-Gaer (
), partial contour fort
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Cwm Golog, Kerry
Cwm may refer to:
* Cwm (landform), a rounded, glaciated valley, also known as a corrie or cirque
* Cwm (software), a general-purpose data processor for the semantic web
* Cwm railway station, a station in Cwm, Blaenau Gwent, Wales, 1852–1963
* ...
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), hillslope fort
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Dinas, Trefeglwys (
), partial contour fort
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Dol-y-Gaer (
), promontory fort
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Drostre Bank (
), partial contour fort
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Ffinant Isaf, Aberysgir (
), hillslope fort
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Ffridd Faldwyn, Montgomery
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 lar ...
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), contour fort
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Ffridd Mathrafal (
), contour fort
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Fron Goch (
), contour fort
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Fron Goth II (
), contour fort
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Fron Haul (
), promontory fort
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Fronderw Wood Camp (
), hillslope fort
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Gaer Fach, Merthyr Cynog (
), contour fort
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Gaer Fawr, Alltarnog (
), contour fort
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Gaer Fawr, Guilsfield (
), contour fort
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Gaer, Glascwm (
), contour fort
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Gallt-y-Gog (
), contour fort
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Gardden Camp (
), contour fort
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Garth Hill enclosure, Nantmel (
), contour fort
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Garth, Nantmel (
), partial contour fort
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Gelli-nedd (
), partial contour fort
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Giant's Bank (
), contour fort
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Glan Frogan The word Glan meaning derives from Celtic (Noric) glanos meaning "bright, clear", cf. Glanis, Glanum, Glen and English "clean". Glan (Nahe)
* Glan, Sarangani, a municipality in Sarangani, Philippines
* Glan (Gurk), a river in Carinthia, Austria, tri ...
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), contour fort
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Glog Hill Camp (
), partial contour fort
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Gogerddan Camp (
), contour fort
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Graig Fawr Camp, Hundred House (
), contour fort
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Great Cloddiau (
), partial contour fort
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Gwern Ddu Wood (
), hillslope fort
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Hillis Camp (
), contour fort
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Knucklas Castle
Knucklas ( cy, Cnwclas, meaning "green hillock") is a village in Powys, Wales, previously Radnorshire. It lies in the upper valley of the River Teme, just off the B4355 road and is served by Knucklas railway station on the Heart of Wales Line. It ...
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), contour fort
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Lawn Farm (
), partial contour fort
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Llandegley Rocks (East enclosure) (
), contour fort
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Llandegley Rocks (West enclosure) (
), contour fort
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Llanerch Farm enclosure
Llannerch (sometimes spelled Llanerch) was a commote in the cantref of Dyffryn Clwyd which later became the Marcher Lordship of Ruthin. Situated in an area south of Ruthin the commote covered an area of which included the parishes of Llanfair D ...
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), contour fort
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Llangenny Camp (
), contour fort
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Llanymynech Hill (
), contour fort
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Llethrau Camp (
), hillslope fort
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Llwyn Bryn Dinas (
),
hillfort
A hillfort is a type of earthwork used as a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. They are typically European and of the Bronze Age or Iron Age. Some were used in the post-Roma ...
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Llwyn Celyn (
), partial contour fort
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Llwyn Llwyd (
), hillslope fort
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Llys-y-Cawr (Giant's Hall) (
), partial contour fort
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Llysin Hill (
), contour fort
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Lower House Camp (
), hillslope fort
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Lower Ucheldre Camp (
), contour fort
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Moel Bentyrch (
), contour fort
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Moel Dolwen Camp (
), contour fort
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Mynydd Llangorse
Mynydd Llangorse is a hill on the western edge of the Black Mountains in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Powys, south Wales. It lies two miles east of Llangors and its lake and 5 miles south of Talgarth. Its summit at 515m (1690 feet) overto ...
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), promontory fort
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Nant Tarthwynni East (
), hillslope fort
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Nant Tarthwynni West (
), hillslope fort
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New Pieces (
), partial contour fort
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Pant Mawr (
), contour fort
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Pant-y-ffridd (
), promontory fort
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Pen Ffawyddog Gaer (
), hillslope fort
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Pen Rhiw Wen (
), partial contour fort
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Pen y Gaer, Dwyriw (
), contour fort
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Pen y Gaer, Llanidloes (
), partial contour fort
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Pen-Llys (
), partial contour fort
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Pen-y-Castell II (
), partial contour fort
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Pen-y-Castell, Kerry (
), contour fort
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Pen-y-Clun (
), contour fort
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Pen-y-Coed (
), hillslope fort
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Pen-y-crug
Pen-y-crug is a hill in the Brecon Beacons National Park in the county of Powys, south Wales. It is commonly referred to locally as simply 'The Crug' (''pronounced cree-g''). The Welsh language, Welsh Welsh placenames, name signifies 'top of the ...
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), contour fort
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Pen-y-Foel (
), contour fort
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Pen-y-Gaer, Bettws-Cedewain (
), contour fort
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Pen-yr-allt (
), level terrain fort
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Pen'r-Allt, Llanidloes (
), contour fort
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Pendre, Talgarth (
), promontory fort
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Penmyarth Camp (
), contour fort
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Pentre Camp, Llangyniew (
), contour fort
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Pentre Wood (
), contour fort
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Perwlwyn Coppice (
), partial contour fort
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Plas-y-Gaer (
), hillslope fort
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Pwll-y-Rhyd (
), hillslope fort
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Rhyd Uchaf II (
), promontory fort
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Roundton Hill
Roundton Hill is a rounded, steep sided, hill, volcanic in origin, in the easternmost part of old Montgomeryshire (in present day-Powys), Wales, which juts into the English border near Church Stoke. It is managed as a nature reserve by the Montg ...
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), contour fort
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Sibwll Wood Camp (
), hillslope fort
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Slwch Tump
Slwch Tump, also known as Slwch Camp and formerly known as Pen Cevn-y-Gaer, is an Iron Age hillfort close to Brecon in Powys, Wales.
Site
The enclosure is located on a hill composed of sandstones of the St Maughans Formation with an elevation o ...
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), contour fort
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Soldier's Mount, Foel (
), contour fort
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Soldiers Ring, Broniarth Hill (
), contour fort
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Tan-y-Clawdd Camp (
), contour fort
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The Whimble (
), contour fort
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Tinboeth Castle (
), contour fort
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Tre Durn Wood (
), partial contour fort
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Trefnanney Gaer (
), partial contour fort
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Twyn Llechfaen (
), contour fort
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Twyn-y-Gaer (
), contour fort
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Twyn-y-Gaer, Garthbrengy (
), contour fort
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Twyn-y-Gaer, Trallwng (
), partial contour fort
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Ty'n y Cwm Camp (
), partial contour fort
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Tyle Clydach
Tyle may refer to:
People
* Chris Tyle (born 1955), American musician
Places
* Tyle Mill, England
* Tyle or Tylis
Other
* 21970 Tyle, minor planet
See also
* Tile
Tiles are usually thin, square or rectangular coverings manufactured fro ...
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), hillslope fort
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Welfield Camp (
), contour fort
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Wern Camp (
), contour fort
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Wyle Cop Camp, Caersws (
), hillslope fort
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Y Gaer, Cefn Cloddiau (
), partial contour fort
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Y Gaer, Llandewi Ystradenni (
), multiple enclosure hillfort
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Y Gaer, Pen-pont (
), contour fort
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Y Golfa Camp (
), promontory fort
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Yr Allt, Llangedwyn (
), hillslope fort
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Ystrad Faelog Hillort (
), promontory fort
Rhondda Cynon Taf
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Caerau, Llantrisant (
), contour fort
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Craig-y-Dinas, Hirwaun (
), promontory fort
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Gwersyll (
), contour fort
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Lle'r Gaer (
), contour fort
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Maendy Camp (
), contour fort
Vale of Glamorgan
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Bonvilston Gaer (
), partial contour fort
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Caer Dynnaf (
), contour fort
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Castell Moel, Bonvilston (
), partial contour fort
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Castle Ditches, Llancarfan (
), partial contour fort
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Craig Tan-y-Lan (
), promontory fort
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Cwm Bach, Wick (
), promontory fort
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Dinas Powys hillfort
The Dinas Powys hillfort is an Iron Age hillfort near Dinas Powys, Glamorgan, Wales.#Alc63, Alcock 1963. p. 01. It is just Hillforts in Britain, one of several thousand hillforts to have been constructed around Great Britain during the British Iro ...
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), promontory fort
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Llanfythin Camp (
), promontory fort
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Llangian Wood Hillfort (
), hillslope fort
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Llantrithyd Camp (
), hillslope fort
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Mynydd Ruthin (
), hillslope fort
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Mynydd-y-Fforest (
), hillslope fort
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Nash Point Camp (
), promontory fort
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St Mary Hill Down (
), hillslope fort
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Sully Island
Sully Island ( cy, Ynys Sili) is a small tidal island and Site of Special Scientific Interest at the hamlet of Swanbridge, Vale of Glamorgan, off the northern coast of the Bristol Channel, midway between the towns of Penarth and Barry and s ...
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), promontory fort
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The Bulwarks, Porthkerry
The Bulwarks, Porthkerry is a promontory fort in Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan, on the southern coast of Wales overlooking the Bristol Channel.
It probably dates to the Iron Age and continued to be occupied during the Roman period in Britain.
The ram ...
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), promontory fort
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Westwood Corner (
), promontory fort
Wrexham County Borough
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Bryn Alun Camp (
), promontory fort
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Bryn-y-Gaer, Broughton (
), contour fort
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Cerrig Gwynion (
), partial contour fort
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Roft Promontory Fort (also known as The Rofft) (
), promontory fort
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Y Gardden, Ruabon (
), contour fort
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''Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland
The ''Atlas of Hillforts of Britain and Ireland'' is an online database of hillforts―fortified settlements built in the Bronze Age and Iron Age―in the British Isles. It was compiled by researchers from the University of Edinburgh, the Univers ...
''.
See also
*List of hill forts in England
See also
*List of hill forts in Scotland
*List of hill forts in Wales
*Iron Age, British Iron Age, prehistory
References
;Bibliography
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Further reading
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External links
* A crowd-sourced project to map the hillforts of Britain and I ...
*List of hill forts in Scotland
This article lists a few selected examples of hill forts in Scotland. The remains of at least 1,695 hillforts have been counted throughout the country as a whole, most predominantly on the Scottish mainland, and also including on some o ...
*Scheduled Monuments in Wales
Scheduled monuments (also known as scheduled ancient monuments, or SAMs) are sites of archaeological importance with specific legal protection against damage or development.
The list of such monuments in Wales is maintained by Cadw: Welsh Histor ...
References
Further reading
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External links
Hill forts in the Penllyn areaRoyal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Wales' websiteHillforts Atlas Project
– a crowd-sourced project to map the hillforts of Britain and Ireland
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Lists of buildings and structures in Wales
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...
Welsh military-related lists