View NNW over the rampart of Pen y Gaer Iron Age hillfort, Conwy, Wales, UK, showing the chevaux de frise & earthwork defences outside the W entrance.
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Mick Sharp / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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3780 x 2673 px | 32 x 22.6 cm | 12.6 x 8.9 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
16 September 1986Location:
Pen y Gaer Hillfort, Llanbedr-y-cennin, Conwy, Wales, UKMore information:
View NNW over the stone rampart of Pen y Gaer Iron Age hillfort, Conwy, Wales, UK, showing the chevaux de frise & linear earthwork defences outside the W entrance. The small, pointed upright stones are meant to disrupt enemy charges, especially those using horses & chariots. Up to three ramparts of stone, earthen banks & ditches enclose an area of two hectares. There are hut platforms inside the fort & patches of chevaux de frise outside the fort on the S & W. 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.