Gaer, Black Mountains

Gaer, Black Mountains
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Gaer is a hill in the Black Mountains of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Monmouthshire, Wales [1]. It lies at the southern end of a long ridge between the valley of the Grwyne Fawr and the Vale of Ewyas, approximately one mile north of Bryn Arw and three miles northeast of Sugarloaf [1]. Its summit at 427 metres above sea level sits within an Iron Age hillfort known as Twyn y Gaer [1].

TypeFortress/citadel
Period1500 - 500 BC
CountryWales
Coordinates51.8917° N, 3.0280° W

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Crug Hywel · Castell Dinas · Allt yr Esgair · Twmbarlwm · Gray Hill, Monmouthshire · Gaer Hillfort, Trellech · Harold's Stones, Trellech · The Larches, Monmouthshire · Slwch Tump · Burfa Castle · Pen-y-crug · Gilwern Hill, Powys · Llwynda-Ddu Camp · Mynydd Illtud · Caerau Hillfort · Dinas Powys Hillfort · Tinkinswood · St Lythans Burial Chamber · Maen Llia · Mynydd Maendy · Llyn Fawr · The Bulwarks, Porthkerry · Foel Chwern · Roundton Hill

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