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Hillforts – Dwyfor / Merioneth

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HILLFORTS

Dwyfor / Merioneth

Castell Caerau – Iron Age hillfort – Dolbenmaen SH509439

Craig y Tyddyn – defensive enclosure – Dolbenmaen SH505427

Craig y Tyddyn defensive enclosure

Tyddyn-Graig, Castell Dolwgan Uchaf – Possible early Iron Age Hillfort – Dolbenmaen SH51354355

Tyddyn-Graig, Castell Dolwgan Uchaf

Moel y Gest – Iron Age hillfort (stone walled enclosure) – Porthmadog SH54923893

Moel y Gest Moel y Gest

Dinas Emrys – Iron Age / Romano-British / early medieval (rems) Beddgelert SH607491

Dinas Emrys  Dinas Emrys, Beddgelert

Dinas – Iron Age defended hillfort – Beddgelert SH591488

Pen y Gaer – Iron Age defensive hillfort – (nr Aberglaslyn Pass) Nantmor SH586457

Pen y Gaer

Moel Dinas – Iron Age / Roman era enclosed hillfort – Llanfrothen SH62574230

Moel Dinas, Llanfrothen

Ynysfor – Iron Age hillfort / Roman – small circular hillfort on an estuary outcrop – Llanfrothen  SH59934276  

Ynysfor   Ynysfor

Bryn y Castell Iron Age hillfort (partly reconstructed) – Ffestiniog SH72824298

Bryn y Castell Bryn y Castell

Tre’r Ceiri – Iron Age hillfort / Romano-British (150 huts circles) – Llanaelhaearn SH373447

Tre'r Ceiri Hillfort  

Pen y Gaer – Iron Age hillfort – Llanaelhaearn SH428455

Carn Pentyrch – Iron Age defensive hillfort –Llangybi, Four Crosses SH424417

Carn Pentyrch

Garn Boduan – late Iron Age hillfort (170 hut circles) – Nefyn SH311391

Garn Boduan

Porthdinllaen – Iron Age promontory fort (much ruined by golf course) – Morfa Nefyn SH275418

Porthdinllaen

Garn Fadrun – Iron Age fort  / Romano-British / early medieval castle (rems) – Tudweiliog SH280350

 

Garn Saethon – defensive enclosure – (nr Garn Fadrun) Llanfihangel SH298338

Pen y Gaer (Llanbedrog)Iron Age promontory hillfort – Llanbedrog SH323314

Nant y Castell – Iron Age hillfort – (opposite side of the valley to Pen-y-Gaer) – Llanbedrog SH32153143

Pen y Gaer (Abersoch) – Iron Age defensive hillfort – Abersoch SH298282

Castell – Iron Age hillfort – Llanengan SH294267

Pared Mawr /Porth Ceiriad – Iron Age promontory fort – Llanengan SH303246

Pared Mawr /Porth Ceiriad

Castell Caeron – Iron Age hillfort – Botwnog SH232303

Conion – Iron Age defensive enclosure – Rhiw SH230283

Creigiau Gwineu – defensive hillfort – Mynydd y Graig, Rhiw SH228274

Creigiau Gwineu

Castell Odo – Iron Age Celtic hillfort – Aberdaron SH188284

Moel Goedog – late Bronze Age to early Iron Age Hillfort – Harlech SH61363250

Moel Goedog

Pen y Dinas / Castell Dinas Gortyn – late Iron Age hillfort – Tal y Bont, Dyffryn Ardudwy SH60632086

Pen y Dinas / Castell Dinas Gortyn

Craig y Dinas Iron Age defensive walled Hillfort – Dyffryn Ardudwy SH62442300

Craig y Dinas

Craig yr Aderyn – Iron Age double defensive walled hillfort – Abergynolwyn SH64510683

Craig yr Aderyn Craig yr Aderyn


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