Rampart, Pen-y-corddyn Mawr
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Rampart, Pen-y-corddyn Mawr
Image: © Jonathan Wilkins Taken: 2 Sep 2008
Only the northern side of the hillfort is without a natural defence, so a neat pair of ramparts run east to west and define the hilltop stronghold. As there is very little soil up here, the ramparts are built of broken limestone heaped up and looking today very like the lower scree slopes.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.274614
Longitude
-3.628706