Buarth-y-Gaer

Buarth-y-Gaer
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Buarth-y-Gaer is an Iron Age hillfort on Mynydd-y-Gaer, 300m above sea level in Neath Port Talbot, South Wales[1]. The enclosure is defined by a single bank and ditch[1]. Within the hillfort lies a Bronze Age burial mound, a mutilated circular mound 13.1m in diameter and 0.9m high[1][2].

TypeFortress/citadel
Period1500 - 500 BC
CountryWales
Coordinates51.6277° N, 3.7849° W

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