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Pen-y-ffrwyd Llwyd
Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 2037 Trust : Dyfed Community : Ystrad Meurig Unitary authority : Ceredigion NGR : SN70926878 Site Type (preferred type first) : Iron Age Hillfort Status : Scheduled Monument
Summary : PEN-Y-FFRWYD LLWYD CAMP Pen-y-Ffrwyd Llwyd Camp is a scarp edge bivallate fort lying on a rocky hill at 330m above sea level. The site is naturally strongly defended on the western edge by low cliffs. Ramparts defend the other sides, forming a roughly semicircular enclosure with internal dimensions 100m north - south and 42m east - west. The two lines of rampart are quite closely spaced at the northern end, but become increasingly widely spaced to the south. The inner rampart is the slighter of the two, about 5m wide and 1m high with only slight traces of a ditch. The outer rampart is up to 10m wide and 2m high and is accompanied by a silted ditch. On the south side the bank follows a low crag with the ditch rock-cut. A postern entrance may lie here. The entrance is a simple gap through both ramparts at the north end. A further bank and ditch protect a small annexe at the north end. A track running diagonally up the defences on the east side may mark the line of another entrance. The interior is undisturbed and one and possibly three round-house platform can be made out. The fort is on open moorland. K Murphy 15 December 2005 - compiled from various sources.
Description : A hillfort on the crag north of Ystrad Meurig church. It is a double-bank and ditch and three probable hut platforms inside its defences.
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