Archaeological Sites in Wales
Allt yr Esgair
Allt yr Esgair is an Iron Age hillfort in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Powys, Wales[1][2]. The Welsh name translates as 'wooded slope of the ridge'[1]. It takes the form of an earthwork…
Banc Du
Banc Du is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure on the summit of Foel Eryr at 334m OD in the Preseli Hills, Pembrokeshire, Wales. The site occupies a flat-topped promontory projecting southwards. First…
Barclodiad y Gawres
Barclodiad y Gawres ("The Giantess's Apronful") is a Neolithic cruciform passage grave on the southwestern coast of Anglesey, North Wales, dating to around 3000 BC. The tomb consists of a passage…
Beacon Ring
Beacon Ring (Welsh: Caer Digoll) is an Iron Age hillfort on the summit of Long Mountain (Cefn Digoll) in Powys, Wales, standing 408 metres above sea level [1]. The site consists of an oval enclosure…
Bedd Arthur
Bedd Arthur ("Arthur's Grave") is a possibly Neolithic hengiform monument in the Preseli Hills, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Thirteen upright stones and at least two fallen ones, each no higher than 60 cm,…
Bedd Taliesin
Bedd Taliesin is a Bronze Age round cairn located in Ceredigion, Wales. Constructed around 3300–1200 BC, it is a round-kerb cairn featuring a cist approximately 2 metres (6.6 ft) long[1]. The…
Bedd-y-Cawr Hillfort
Bedd-y-Cawr is an Iron Age hillfort on a natural inland promontory in the community of Cefnmeiriadog, Denbighshire, North Wales. Its Welsh name translates as "Giant's Tomb". The roughly rectangular…
Bodowyr Burial Chamber
Bodowyr is a Neolithic passage grave on the island of Anglesey, Wales, located near Bodowyr Farm east of Llangaffo. Built between roughly 4000 and 2000 BC, it features a massive mushroom-shaped…
Breidden Hill
Breidden Hill is a steep-sided prominence reaching 367 m near Welshpool in Powys, Wales. Its summit holds a large Iron Age hillfort occupied through the Bronze and Iron Ages into the Roman period,…
Bryn Cader Faner
Bryn Cader Faner is a Bronze Age round cairn near Talsarnau in the Ardudwy area of Gwynedd, Wales, dating to the late 3rd millennium BC. The cairn measures 8.7 m in diameter with 18 surviving thin…
Bryn Celli Ddu
Bryn Celli Ddu is a Late Neolithic passage grave on the Welsh island of Anglesey, near Llanddaniel Fab. Its name means 'the mound in the dark grove.'[1] The site was excavated between 1928 and…
Bryn Eryr
Bryn Eryr is an Iron Age farmstead near Llansadwrn on Anglesey[1]. Excavations by the Gwynedd Archaeological Trust between 1985 and 1987 uncovered three roundhouses within a low-lying earthwork…
Bryn Gwyn Stones
The Bryn Gwyn Stones are Neolithic standing stones in Brynsiencyn on Anglesey, Wales, dating to approximately 4100-2500 BC. Standing about 280 m southwest of the henge monument Castell Bryn Gwyn, the…
Buarth-y-Gaer
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…
Burfa Castle
Burfa Castle is a large multivallate Iron Age hillfort near Old Radnor in Powys, Wales, measuring approximately 579 by 187 metres and enclosing around 20 acres. Its defenses comprised multiple…
Burry Holms
Burry Holms is a tidal island at the northern end of Rhossili Bay on the Gower Peninsula, Wales, with archaeological evidence spanning from the Mesolithic to the medieval period. Mesolithic…
Bwrdd Arthur
Bwrdd Arthur, also known as Din Sylwy, is a 164-metre (538 ft) flat-topped limestone hill on Anglesey's eastern Red Wharf Bay, roughly 3 km northwest of Llangoed [1]. The summit features a…
Caerau Hillfort
Caerau Hillfort is a large triangular multivallate Iron Age hillfort built on a previously occupied Neolithic site, occupying the western tip of an extensive ridge-top plateau in the western suburbs…
Caer Bach
Caer Bach is a small hillfort in Conwy County Borough, North Wales, on the eastern slopes of Tal-y-Fan, an outlying peak of the Carneddau mountain range in northeast Snowdonia[1]. The name translates…
Caer Drewyn
Early Iron Age hillfort dating to around 500 BC, perched on a spur above the confluence of the River Dee near Corwen, Denbighshire. Unusually built largely of stone rather than earthen banks, the…
Caer Euni
Caer Euni is an Iron Age hillfort in Gwynedd, Wales, situated on a narrow ridge about 4 km north-east of Llandderfel and 8 km north-east of Bala Lake [1]. The elongated enclosure measures roughly 216…
Caer Gwrtheyrn
Caer Gwrtheyrn (Craig Gwrtheyrn) is an Iron Age hillfort on a prominent hill overlooking the River Teifi, located about 1.9 km west of Llanfihangel-ar-Arth in Carmarthenshire, Wales[1]. The…
Caer Lêb
Caer Lêb is a Late Iron Age and Roman fortified settlement on Anglesey, west of Brynsiencyn near the Afon Braint [1][2]. Its name means "Leaven Castle" [1]. The earthwork enclosure features a double…
Caer y Twr
Caer y Twr (meaning 'fort of the pile/heap') is an Iron Age hillfort situated atop the summit of Holyhead Mountain in Anglesey, Wales[1]. The fortification occupies a commanding position among rocky…
Carnedd y Ddelw Cairn
Carnedd y Ddelw is a Bronze Age burial cairn in the Carneddau mountains of north Wales, occupying a summit northeast of Foel-fras. The summit features two large shelter cairns hollowed from a massive…
Carnedd y Saeson and Neighbouring Cairns North-West of Foel Dduarth
Carnedd y Saeson and neighbouring cairns are a group of seven prehistoric burial cairns northwest of Foel Dduarth near Llanfairfechan, Conwy [1]. The main cairn is a low circular mound 13.75 m in…
Carn Menyn
Carn Menyn is a grouping of craggy spotted dolerite outcrops in the Preseli Hills of Pembrokeshire, Wales, long identified as a source of Stonehenge's bluestones. In the 1920s, petrographer H.H.…
Carreg Coetan Arthur
Carreg Coetan Arthur is a Neolithic dolmen near Newport in Pembrokeshire, Wales, dating from approximately 3000 BC. The monument consists of a large wedge-shaped capstone roughly 4 metres long,…
Carreg Samson
Carreg Samson is a 5,000-year-old Neolithic dolmen overlooking Abercastle Harbour on the Pembrokeshire coast of Wales. The massive capstone, measuring between 15 and 18 feet long according to early…
Castell Bryn Gwyn
Castell Bryn Gwyn ("White Hill Castle") is a prehistoric enclosure on the Isle of Anglesey, west of Brynsiencyn. Originating as a late Neolithic henge (c. 2500-2000 BC), excavations in 1959-60…
Castell Caer Seion
Castell Caer Seion is an Iron Age hillfort on the summit of Conwy Mountain in North Wales. Unusually, the main fort contains a smaller, more heavily defended inner fort with its own defences and…
Castell Cawr
(1500–500 BC) Castell Cawr is an Iron Age hillfort on the 189-metre hill of Tan-y-Gopa above Abergele, overlooking the River Clwyd [1]. The massive hillfort crowns an isolated hill on the escarpment…
Castell Dinas
Castell Dinas is a multivallate hillfort and medieval castle in southern Powys, Wales, positioned to defend the Rhiangoll pass between Talgarth and Crickhowell. At 450 m elevation, it holds the…
Castell Henllys
Castell Henllys ("castle of the old court") is an Iron Age inland promontory fort near Nevern in north Pembrokeshire, Wales, and one of the most intensively studied hillforts in Britain. Excavated…
Castell Nadolig
Castell Nadolig ("Christmas Castle") is an Iron Age hillfort in Ceredigion, Wales, about 4 km east of Aberporth. It has two concentric banks, the outer measuring about 230 m in diameter. The fort is…
Cefn Bryn
Cefn Bryn is an 8 km long Old Red Sandstone ridge on the Gower Peninsula, south Wales, rising to 188 m and known as the "backbone of Gower". It is one of the richest archaeological landscapes in…
Cefn Carnedd
Cefn Carnedd is a strongly defended multi-vallate Iron Age hillfort about 2 km southwest of Caersws in Powys, Wales, and a scheduled monument. At its greatest extent it enclosed approximately 6…
Clegyr Boia
Clegyr Boia (also Clegyr Fwya) is a prehistoric site on the St David's peninsula in Pembrokeshire, Wales, rising 10-20 metres above the surrounding landscape [1]. Located 1.6 km west of St Davids and…
Coetan Arthur Dolmen
Coetan Arthur Dolmen, also known as Arthur's Quoit, is a Neolithic burial chamber on the hillside close to St Davids Head in Pembrokeshire, Wales [1]. Dating to around 3000 BC, it consists of a…
Craig Rhiwarth
Craig Rhiwarth is an Iron Age hillfort on a mountain in the Berwyn range, Powys, Wales, overlooking the village of Llangynog [1]. There are remains of slate quarrying visible on the southern slopes…
Craig Ty-Isaf
Craig Ty-Isaf is a small Iron Age hillfort in the Baglan area of Neath Port Talbot, South Wales [1]. Located on the southwest slope of Mynydd y Gaer within Briton Ferry Woods, it overlooks the Baglan…
Cras - Ring Cairn to North of
Cras ring cairn is a prehistoric funerary monument located in Wales, dating to the Neolithic period around 4500 BC [1]. Such cairns represent early ceremonial and burial practices in prehistoric…
Cras Round Cairn
Bronze Age round cairn situated on the Cras ridge outcrop in open moorland above Aber, Gwynedd, within the Carneddau range of northern Snowdonia. The stone-built cairn is circular in plan, measuring…
Cras - Round Cairn to North of
Cras is a prehistoric round cairn located in Wales, dating to the Neolithic period (before 4500 BC). [1] It represents a rare example of early funerary architecture in the region, constructed as a…
Crug Hywel
Crug Hywel (c. 1500–500 BC) is an Iron Age Celtic hillfort in Powys, Wales, featuring a well-preserved earth and stone rampart and ditch system [1]. The flat-topped hill, also known as Table…
Dinas Dinlle
Dinas Dinlle is an Iron Age coastal hillfort approximately 2,500 years old, situated on a glacial drift cliff above Caernarfon Bay in Gwynedd, northwest Wales. The fort features a double…
Dinas Emrys
Dinas Emrys is a rocky hillock near Beddgelert in Gwynedd, rising 76 m above the Glaslyn valley in Snowdonia. Excavations in 1910 and 1954-56 revealed occupation from the late Iron Age (1st-2nd…
Dinas Powys Hillfort
(500 BC - 1 AD) Dinas Powys is an Iron Age hillfort in Glamorgan, Wales, featuring a main fort on the northern peak constructed in the 3rd or 2nd century BCE, with Southern Banks added on the…
Din Lligwy Hut Circle
Din Lligwy is a well-preserved Romano-British settlement near Moelfre on Anglesey, north Wales. The pentagonal stone enclosure (56 m x 53 m) contains two circular huts and four rectangular buildings…
Dolaucothi Gold Mines
The Dolaucothi Gold Mines near Pumsaint, Carmarthenshire, are Britain's only known Roman gold mines. First extensively mined by the Romans between 70 and 80 AD, a military fort called Luentinum was…
Enclosed Hut Circle Settlement - South-East of Bod Silin
An enclosed prehistoric hut circle settlement located 750 metres southeast of Bod Silin near Llanfairfechan, Conwy, Wales. The enclosure contains remains of two round houses approximately 9 metres in…
Ffridd Faldwyn, Montgomery
A complex multivallate Iron Age hillfort in northern Powys, Wales, approximately 503 x 254 metres overall, sited on a prominent hill west of Montgomery overlooking the River Severn. One of the…
Foel Chwern
Foel Chwern is a Bronze Age round cairn on the high plateau east of the Neath valley, near the summit of Craig y Llyn in Wales [1]. This burial monument sits on a steep scarp slope with commanding…
Foel Dduarth - Cairn to North-East of
A prehistoric cairn located on the slopes of Foel Dduarth (450m elevation) near Llanfairfechan in Gwynedd, North Wales. The cairn is part of a dense prehistoric landscape that includes the nearby…
Foel Dduarth Enclosure
A prehistoric earthwork enclosure on the slopes of Foel Dduarth near Llanfairfechan, Conwy, North Wales. The site is a scheduled ancient monument situated within a rich prehistoric landscape…
Foel Drygarn Hillfort
(800 BC – 1st c. AD) Foel Drygarn ("The hill of the three cairns") is an Iron Age hillfort in the Preseli Hills, containing three Bronze Age burial cairns within its walls [1]. The site lies 2 km…
Foel Fenlli
An Iron Age multivallate hillfort atop a 511m peak in the Clwydian Range, Denbighshire, North Wales, built approximately 2,500 years ago. The fort features extensive ramparts on the north and east…
Gaer, Black Mountains
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…
Gaer Fawr, Llanilar
Gaer Fawr is an Iron Age bivallate hillfort near Llanilar, Ceredigion, Wales, dating to c. 800 BC - AD 74. Situated at 280 m above sea level on a rounded hilltop, its defenses feature an inner bank…
Gaer Hillfort, Trellech
Gaer Hillfort (Welsh: Bryngaer Croes Trelech) is a Celtic Iron Age defended enclosure near Trellech in Monmouthshire, Wales, dating to c. 800 BC - AD 74. Roughly circular at 105 m in diameter, it…
Garn Boduan
Iron Age hillfort on the Llyn Peninsula near Nefyn, Wales, enclosing approximately 10 hectares at 250m elevation. Surveys documented about 170 stone-walled round house foundations, suggesting a…
Gilwern Hill, Powys
Gilwern Hill, about 5 km southeast of Llandrindod Wells in Powys, Wales, hosts a Neolithic-Bronze Age stone circle of approximately 14 stones, half of which have fallen. The hill also features two…
Gray Hill, Monmouthshire
A Bronze Age ceremonial landscape on Mynydd Llwyd hill in Monmouthshire, South Wales, rising to 273 metres above sea level with views over the Severn Estuary. The stone circle measures approximately…
Greenala Point Fort
An Iron Age multivallate promontory fort on a headland on the south coast of Pembrokeshire, Wales, occupying 1.8 hectares of the former Stackpole Estate. The fort is naturally defended on the east…
Harold's Stones, Trellech
Three Bronze Age standing stones forming a 39-foot alignment on a northeast-southwest axis in the village of Trellech, Monmouthshire, south-east Wales. The stones stand approximately 9, 12, and 15…
Henblas Burial Chamber
A disputed Neolithic dolmen on Anglesey, Wales, consisting of two massive quartz-rich glacial erratics up to 4.4m high with a large slab between them interpreted as a former capstone. While the…
Hen Gaer
An Iron Age hillfort near Bow Street, Ceredigion, Wales, also known as Broncastellan or Caer Shon. Though smaller than a typical tribal fortification, it features massive construction with a single…
Holyhead Mountain Hut Circles
Ty Mawr Hut Circles on Holyhead Mountain, Anglesey, are the remains of a prehistoric farming settlement with over 50 original circular stone dwellings, of which about 20 survive. Occupation spans…
King's Quoit
King's Quoit is a Neolithic burial chamber on the clifftops above Manorbier Bay, 8 km east of Pembroke in Pembrokeshire, Wales. The capstone, made of local red sandstone, measures approximately 4 m…
Llanfechell
Llanfechell is a village in Anglesey, Wales, and the largest of several small villages in the Mechell Community Council area [1]. It lies 18 km east of Holyhead and 9 km west of Amlwch, in the north…
Llanfihangel Din Sylwy
A hillfort known as Din Sylwy or Bwrdd Arthur ('Arthur's Table') in north-east Anglesey, Wales, dating to the middle-to-late Iron Age (c. 800 BC onwards). At approximately 7.7 hectares, it is one of…
Llansteffan Castle
A castle in Carmarthenshire, Wales, built upon an Iron Age promontory fort first fortified around 600 BC with a double bank and ditch across the headland. The Normans constructed the stone castle…
Lligwy Burial Chamber
Neolithic dolmen on Anglesey's east coast, built before 4500 BC. A circle of upright stones supports a massive 25‑tonne capstone, creating a low burial chamber. The 1909 excavation uncovered human…
Llwyn Bryn-Dinas
Llwyn Bryn-Dinas is an Iron Age hillfort on the north side of the Tanat valley, about 1.6 km (1 mi) west of the village of Llangedwyn, in Powys, Wales[1]. The hillfort features a single rampart…
Llwynda-Ddu Camp
Iron Age hillfort in Pentyrch, Cardiff, Wales. The egg-shaped earthwork occupies the western end of a small hill at approximately 120 metres (390 ft) elevation[1]. Sharp natural slopes defend all…
Llyn Cerrig Bach
Llyn Cerrig Bach is a small lake on Anglesey, Wales, where approximately 180 Iron Age metal objects were discovered in 1943 during construction of RAF Valley airfield. The assemblage includes 11…
Llyn Fawr
Llyn Fawr is a reservoir in a glacial cirque on the northern escarpment of the South Wales Coalfield uplands, overlooking the Vale of Neath and Cynon Valley [1]. The site is famous for the Llyn Fawr…
Maen Llia
Maen Llia is a Bronze Age standing stone on moorland in Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park, Powys, Wales. Composed of Old Red Sandstone conglomerate, it stands 3.7 m high and 2.8 m…
Moel Arthur
Moel Arthur is an Iron Age hillfort built around 500 BC on a prominent 456-metre hill in the Clwydian Range, Flintshire, Wales. Covering just over 2 hectares, it is relatively small but boasts some…
Moel Hiraddug
Moel Hiraddug (also known as Y Foel) is an Iron Age hillfort in the Clwydian Range of north-east Wales[1]. The fort crowns a hill at 265 metres above sea level, with its ridge running north-south…
Moel Tŷ Uchaf
Moel Ty Uchaf is a Bronze Age ring cairn (often called a stone circle) near Llandrillo, Denbighshire, North Wales, sited at 440 metres elevation on the western edge of the Berwyn Range. It consists…
Moel y Gaer, Bodfari
Moel y Gaer is an Iron Age hillfort at the northern end of the Clwydian Range in Denbighshire, Wales, located on a summit overlooking the valley of the River Wheeler near the village of Bodfari,…
Moel y Gaer, Llanbedr
Moel y Gaer ("bald hill of the fortress") is an Iron Age hillfort on a western spur of the Clwydian Range near Llanbedr, Denbighshire, Wales. The oval fortification measures approximately 200 by 180…
Moel y Gaer, Llantysilio
Moel y Gaer is an Iron Age hillfort on a summit of Llantysilio Mountain, northwest of Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales, classified as a Scheduled Monument. The roughly oval fort measures approximately…
Moel y Gaer, Rhosesmor
Moel y Gaer is an Iron Age hillfort situated on a summit at the southern end of Halkyn Mountain overlooking the Dee Estuary near Rhosesmor, Flintshire, Wales[1]. Excavations in the early 1970s…
Moel y Gest
Moel y Gest is a Bronze Age hillfort on a 263m Marilyn in North Wales, dating to 3000–1500 BC[1][2]. The rocky summit's high prominence and far-reaching views of Snowdon, the Llŷn Peninsula, and…
Mynydd Carningli
A 347-meter volcanic peak in the Preseli Hills near Newport, Pembrokeshire, hosting one of the largest hillforts in west Wales, covering approximately 4 hectares (400m x 150m). The summit crags are…
Mynydd Illtud
Mynydd Illtud is an extensive area of common land in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Powys, Wales, located approximately 4.8 km (3 mi) south-west of Brecon[1]. The undulating plateau sits between…
Mynydd Maendy
A hilltop near Gilfach Goch in Rhondda Cynon Taf, south Wales, whose Welsh name means 'stone house mountain' (maen dy = stone house). The summit hosts an Iron Age hillfort described as the largest…
Pant-y-Saer Burial Chamber
Pant-y-Saer is a Neolithic dolmen on Anglesey, Wales, dating to before 4500 BC. This burial chamber is partially collapsed, with its massive capstone resting on the ground at one end. Excavations…
Parc Cwm Long Cairn
Parc Cwm long cairn, also known as Parc le Breos burial chamber, is a partly restored Neolithic chambered tomb on the Gower Peninsula, Wales. Identified in 1937 as a Severn-Cotswold type of chambered…
Parciau Hill Fort
Parciau Hill Fort is an inland promontory fort on the Welsh island of Anglesey, standing on the summit of Bryn Ddiol at 95 metres above sea level on a Carboniferous limestone outcrop. The defences…
Pen Dinas
Pen Dinas is a large hill in Penparcau, Ceredigion, Wales, crowned by an extensive Iron Age Celtic hillfort[1]. The fortress occupies a commanding position at the confluence of the River Ystwyth and…
Penrhos Feilw Standing Stones
The Penrhos Feilw Standing Stones are a pair of Bronze Age monoliths located 1.75 miles southwest of Holyhead on Holy Island, west of Anglesey in north-west Wales. Each stone stands approximately 3 m…
Pentre Camp
Pentre Camp is an Iron Age multivallate hillfort near Llangynyw in Powys, Wales. The oval enclosure measures approximately 74m by 48m, covering 0.32 hectares. It features five concentric ramparts on…
Pentre Ifan
Pentre Ifan is the largest and best-preserved Neolithic dolmen in Wales, dating to around 3500 BC. Located in Nevern, Pembrokeshire, its massive capstone is approximately 5m long and appears…
Penycloddiau
Penycloddiau is the largest hillfort in Wales, enclosing 19 hectares at 440m elevation in the Clwydian Range, Flintshire. University of Liverpool excavations (2012-2018) identified seven construction…
Pen-y-crug
Pen-y-crug is a hillfort in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Powys, south Wales. The Welsh name means 'top of the mound' and locally it is called 'The Crug' [1]. The flat summit at 331 metres is…
Pen y Gaer
Pen y Gaer is a Bronze Age and Iron Age hillfort near Llanbedr-y-Cennin in the Conwy valley, Wales. Its defences vary with terrain: one steep side has a single rampart while the more accessible sides…
Perthi-Duon Burial Chamber
Perthi-Duon is a Neolithic portal dolmen located west of Brynsiencyn on Anglesey, Wales, dating to around 3500 BC. The collapsed burial chamber consists of a 2.5m by 1.8m capstone resting on two…
Presaddfed Burial Chamber
Presaddfed Burial Chamber is a scheduled ancient monument in Anglesey, north Wales, comprising two Neolithic chamber tombs. It is maintained by Cadw.
Roundton Hill
Roundton Hill is a steep-sided volcanic hill rising to 370 metres in eastern Montgomeryshire, Powys, Wales, near the English border at Church Stoke. Its summit is crowned by an Iron Age hillfort and…
Slwch Tump
Slwch Tump, also known as Slwch Camp, is an Iron Age hillfort on a sandstone hill at 246 m elevation, about 1.3 km east of Brecon in Powys, Wales. The roughly rectangular enclosure measures…
St Lythans Burial Chamber
The St Lythans burial chamber is a dolmen constructed around 4000 BC during the mid Neolithic period, representing a surviving example of a chambered long barrow in the Welsh landscape. Located in…
The Bulwarks, Porthkerry
An Iron Age promontory fort in Rhoose, Vale of Glamorgan, overlooking the Bristol Channel. The trapezoidal fortification covers approximately 4 hectares and features three close-set defensive banks…
The Gop
A massive Neolithic cairn on Gop Hill in Flintshire, Wales, and the second-largest ancient human-made mound in Britain after Silbury Hill. The oval monument stands 14 m high with a maximum diameter…
The Knave
An Iron Age promontory hillfort perched on 60-metre cliffs on the Gower coast near Rhossili, Swansea, Wales. The bivallate (two-rampart) defended enclosure measures approximately 52 m by 44 m…
The Larches, Monmouthshire
The Larches is a Celtic Iron Age hillfort near Trellech in Monmouthshire, Wales [1].
Tinkinswood
Tinkinswood Burial Chamber, also called Castell Carreg, is a Neolithic megalithic dolmen in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, constructed around 4000 BC [1]. It belongs to the Severn-Cotswold tomb type,…
Trawscoed Fort
(1st - 2nd c. AD) Trawscoed Fort is a Roman auxiliary fort in Ceredigion, Wales, located near the modern settlement of Trawsgoed and is cut through by the modern B4340 road. It was first built in the…
Tregele
Tregele is a small village in northern Anglesey, Wales, near which stands the Llanfechell Cromlech, a Neolithic chambered tomb dating to approximately 4000-2500 BC. Late Neolithic and Early Bronze…
Tre'r Ceiri
Tre'r Ceiri is an Iron Age hillfort on the slopes of Yr Eifl in north-western Wales[1]. Its name means 'town of the giants', from the Welsh cewri, plural of cawr, 'giant'[1]. The settlement sits 450…
Twmbarlwm
Twmbarlwm is an Iron Age hillfort (c. 1500–500 BC) in South Wales, rising 419 metres (1,375 ft) above the M4 corridor near Risca. [1] The ancient earthworks command panoramic views over Newport,…
Ty Mawr Burial Chamber
Ty Mawr Burial Chamber is a Neolithic dolmen located northeast of Llanfairpwllgwyngyll in Anglesey, Wales[1].
Tŷ Newydd Burial Chamber
Tŷ Newydd Burial Chamber is a Neolithic dolmen dating to before 4500 BC, situated on a natural outcrop northeast of Llanfaelog on the Isle of Anglesey, Wales, near Tŷ Newydd farm [1]. The monument,…
Waun Mawn
Waun Mawn (Welsh for 'peat moor') is a Neolithic stone circle site in the Preseli Mountains of Pembrokeshire, Wales. Following excavations in 2018, it was identified as a possible dismantled stone…
Whetstones Stone Circle
The Whetstones were a stone circle beneath Corndon Hill in Church Stoke, Montgomeryshire, Wales. The circle originally comprised eight or nine stones with a major axis estimated at 30 metres. Three…
Y Garn Goch
Y Garn Goch is one of the largest hillforts in Wales, enclosing 16.6 hectares near the village of Bethlehem in the Brecon Beacons. The site comprises two Iron Age hillforts, Y Gaer Fawr and Y Gaer…