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Carn Pentyrch Hillfort

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NPRN93532
Map ReferenceSH44SW
Grid ReferenceSH4245041770
Unitary (Local) AuthorityGwynedd
Old CountyCaernarfonshire
CommunityLlanystumdwy
Type Of SiteHILLFORT
PeriodIron Age
Description
Cadw SAM No.=CN055

1. A concentric stone-walled enclosure complex, consisting of an inner enclosure, about 20m across, within an oval circuit, 70m north-east to south-west by 60m, having an east-facing entrance: an additional enclosure, on the north-west, is less massively defined.
Nineteenth century reports suggest that the inner circuit was largely intact at that time.

(source OS 495 card; SH44SW2)

J.Wiles 22.09.2003

2. The triple defences are probably of different dates. The innermost ring with its thick, high stone wall may be early medieval; the other two lines consist of walls and banks and are probably prehistoric with later alterations and additions (Lynch. F. 1995. CADW: A Guide to Ancient and Historic Wales Gwynedd p197)
V.Devine 07/09/2004

Field visit on 16 April 2005 with Hillfort Study Group. T Driver.