Bedd-y-Cawr Hillfort
| Bedd-y-Cawr Hillfort | |
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| Type | hillfort |
| Location | Denbighshire, Wales |
| Coordinates | 53°14′11″N 3°28′48″W / 53.2363°N 3.4799°W |
| OS grid reference | SJ 0132 7205 |
| Official name | Bedd-y-Cawr Hillfort |
| Reference no. | DE037 |
| Community | Cefnmeiriadog |
  Location in Denbighshire | |
Bedd-y-Cawr Hillfort, or Bedd y Cawr Hillfort, is an Iron Age hillfort on a natural inland promontory in the community of Cefnmeiriadog in Denbighshire in North Wales. The name of the hillfort translates from the Welsh as Giant's Tomb.
Bedd-y-Cawr Hillfort is a scheduled monument that lies approximately 3.3 kilometres (2.1 miles) west of St Asaph and 4.0 kilometres (2.5 miles) north of Henllan.
Description
[edit]The hillfort is sited at the end of the Cefn Meiriadog ridge of the Rhos Hills which offers views over the River Elwy valley in an area dominated by hillforts.[1] The hillfort is roughly rectangular measuring approximately 156 metres (171 yards) by 74 metres (81 yards) with an area of 0.8 hectares (2.0 acres) and is defined by a ditch and bank to the north-west and the north-east with a simple entrance.[2][3] On the sides on the west and east it is protected by natural outcrops of limestone.[4]
Recent history
[edit]Bedd-y-Cawr was visited by the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire in 1912 and Bedd-y-Cawr and designated as a scheduled monument in 1927.[5][6]
The area of the designated site was expanded in 1998 (formerly just the interior was scheduled) and is classed as a defensive prehistoric hillfort.[3][4]
See also
[edit]- Moel y Gaer (hillfort in the community of Bodfari 8.3 kilometres (5.2 miles) to the east)
References
[edit]- ^ "8.5 Baseline Context". Environmental Statement - Chapter 8 Historic Environment (PDF). National Infrastructure Planning (Report). SP MANWEB: The North Wales Wind Farms Connection Project. March 2015. p. 36. PINS Reference: EN020014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2016. Retrieved 3 May 2016.
- ^ "Bedd-y-cawr, Defended Enclosure (306688)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ a b Bedd y Cawr Hillfort (ID PRN102131). in the 'SMR' for Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust (CPAT). Retrieved 30 September 2021
- ^ a b Cadw. "Bedd-y-Cawr Hillfort (DE037)". National Historic Assets of Wales. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
- ^ Parish of Cefn (St Asaph). An Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire. London: RCAHMW. 1914. p. 23. Retrieved 3 May 2016 – via google books.
{{cite book}}:|work=ignored (help) - ^ "No. 14390". The Edinburgh Gazette. 11 November 1927. pp. 1259–1264.
Further reading
[edit]- Davies, Ellis (1929). The prehistoric and Roman remains of Denbighshire. William Lewis. OCLC 885192104.
- Burnham, Helen (1995). Clwyd and Powys. A Guide to Ancient & Historic Wales. London: HMSO. ISBN 978-0117015753. OCLC 604407290.
External links
[edit]- coflein NPRN: 306688 - Coflein mapping of Bedd-y-Cawr Hillfort