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Castell S of Pen-y-Foel is a prehistoric hillfort located in Ceredigion, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under Cadw reference SAM CD089. The site represents Iron Age settlement and defensive architecture, constructed during a period when hillforts served as significant centres of control and habitation across Wales. The monument comprises earthwork defences characteristic of the Iron Age period, including ramparts and ditches that would have provided strategic advantage over the surrounding landscape. Such hillforts are considered important evidence of Iron Age social organisation, territorial control, and the development of defended communities in prehistoric Wales.
Castell S of Pen-y-Foel is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference CD089. View the official record →
Castell S of Pen-y-Foel is a prehistoric hillfort located in Ceredigion, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under Cadw reference SAM CD089. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference CD089.
Castell S of Pen-y-Foel dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a hillfort. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Castell S of Pen-y-Foel 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 CD089.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Nant Barre Caerau (2.2 km), Rhydlewis Standing Stone Pair (3 km), Gernos Mountain Round Barrow Cemetery (5 km).
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