Pen y Gaer Iron Age hillfort, North Wales: view NNW over chevaux-de-frise defences (small upright stones) & linear earthwork outside the W entrance.

Pen y Gaer Iron Age hillfort, North Wales: view NNW over chevaux-de-frise defences (small upright stones) & linear earthwork outside the W entrance. Stock Photo
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Contributor:

Mick Sharp / Alamy Stock Photo

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M7297Y

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56.3 MB (2.9 MB Compressed download)

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Dimensions:

5057 x 3891 px | 42.8 x 32.9 cm | 16.9 x 13 inches | 300dpi

Date taken:

16 September 1986

Location:

Pen y Gaer Hillfort, Llanbedr y Cennin, Conwy, Wales, UK

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Pen y Gaer Iron Age hillfort, North Wales: view NNW over chevaux-de-frise defences (small upright stones) & linear earthwork outside the entrances through two stone ramparts on the W. Up to three ramparts (stone, and banks & ditches) enclose an area of two hectares. There are hut platforms within the fort and patches of chevaux-de-frise defences outside the S ramparts and the original W entrance. Rear L: pylons march through the pass of Bwlch y Ddeufaen also used by a prehistoric route & the Roman road from Segontium (Caernarfon) to Canovium (Caerhun) in the Conwy Valley. Rear centre R: the ridge of Tal y Fan.