View NE of Carn Fadryn Iron Age hillfort above the spread out rural settlement of Garnfadryn on the Lleyn Peninsula, Gwynedd, Wales, UK.
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Mick Sharp / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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4961 x 3741 px | 42 x 31.7 cm | 16.5 x 12.5 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
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Carn Fadryn Hillfort, Garnfadryn, Botwnnog, Pwllheli, Gwynedd, Wales, UKMore information:
View NE of Carn Fadryn Iron Age hillfort above the spread out rural settlement of Garnfadryn on the Lleyn Peninsula, Gwynedd, Wales, UK. The pre-Roman Iron Age remains consist of two phases of drystone-walled ramparts defending/enclosing areas of around 12 & 26 acres (4.85 & 10.52 hectares), a well & the stone foundations of round houses (hut circles). In later Roman times (c 250-400 AD) a mass of small quadrilateral stone huts & low-walled enclosures were built into the natural scree & the remains of the earlier Iron Age ramparts. During the 12th century AD a summit fort (citadel) known as the "castle of the sons of Owain" (Owain Gwynedd) was constructed on the highest point of the W ridge (L). Garnfadryn is a good example of a Welsh rural settlement, not a tight-packed village but a strung out collection of individual cottages & farmsteads.