Pen-y-gaer Hillfort
Looking towards Pen-y-gaer Hillfort with Penrhyn Quarry in the background
| Date | 10 June 2012 | ||
| Location | Cilfodan, Bethesda | SH 62823 67273; 53.18479°N, 4.05435°W | |
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Pen-y-gaer hillfort sits above Bethesda, just to the southwest of Moel Faban. The relatively recent dry-stone walls of the sheep folds at the top surmount the ramparts of this Iron Age defensive enclosure. Pen-y-gaer Hillfort (Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales)
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Pen-y-gaer Hillfort
Pen-y-gaer Hillfort
I do like the top shot very much, with the skittering citadels of Bethesda in the background. I suppose the dry stone walls wouldn’t be far off from showing how the fort would have been in the day??
teigl
June 11, 2012 at 7:16 pm
I guess so.
Graham Stephen
June 12, 2012 at 7:00 pm
After all these centuries and millenia, how does Wales have so much open land? I do love the first photo, iron age defense juxtaposed against a modern defense. How different they are! And yet, they are working together.
Dezra Despain
June 11, 2012 at 10:37 pm
Well, this corner of the country is very rural with a lot of farm land.
Graham Stephen
June 12, 2012 at 7:03 pm
Pen-y-gaer ~ hill of the fort?
Kris
June 12, 2012 at 12:28 am
Yes. According to my book of place names:
Pen: head or end, upland, highest point, summit, peak
Caer: enclosed stronghold, defensive site or castle, fort or fortress
Graham Stephen
June 12, 2012 at 7:13 pm
Se ve precioso! el verde es increíble!!
ManoliRizoFotografia
June 12, 2012 at 7:12 am
Gracias Manoli.
Graham Stephen
June 12, 2012 at 7:03 pm
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