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Pen-y-Gaer, Enclosure

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NPRN93699
Map ReferenceSH33SW
Grid ReferenceSH3233731458
Unitary (Local) AuthorityGwynedd
Old CountyCaernarfonshire
CommunityLlanbedrog
Type Of SitePROMONTORY FORT
PeriodIron Age
Description
A sub-oval enclosure, about 76m NNE-SSW by 57m, resting against steep, craggy slopes on the south & west, defined elsewhere by three lines of crescentic ramparts/banks, not necessarily contemporary, the innermost originally stone revetted.

A second defended enclosure (Nprn93528) is situated across an abrupt narrow valley, about 130m to the west.

(source Os495card; SH33SW6)

RCAHMW AP965120/46

J.Wiles 13.03.03