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Castell Moeddyn is a prehistoric hillfort located in Ceredigion, Wales, and is designated as a scheduled ancient monument under reference Cadw SAM CD082. The site dates to the Iron Age and represents a significant example of defensive settlement architecture from this period in mid-Wales. The fort is characterised by its elevated position and defensive earthworks, which would have provided strategic control over the surrounding landscape. Such hillforts served as centres of settlement, territorial markers, and places of refuge during the Iron Age, reflecting the complex social and political organisation of Welsh prehistoric communities.
Castell Moeddyn is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD082. View the official record →
Castell Moeddyn is a prehistoric hillfort located in Ceredigion, Wales, and is designated as a scheduled ancient monument under reference Cadw SAM CD082. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CD082.
Castell Moeddyn dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a hillfort. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Castell Moeddyn is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is CD082.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castell 270m E of Moeddyn-Fach (1.1 km), Penlan-Noeth, Round Barrow 230m NNW of (1.3 km), Whilgarn Ring Cairn (3.7 km).
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