Archaeological Sites in Wales

Fortress/citadel in Wales (66)

Allt yr Esgair

Allt yr Esgair

Allt yr Esgair is an Iron Age hillfort in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Powys, Wales. The Welsh name translates as 'wooded slope of the ridge'. It takes the form of an…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Beacon Ring

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. The site consists of an…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Bedd-y-Cawr Hillfort

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…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Breidden Hill

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…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Buarth-y-Gaer

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. The enclosure is defined by a single bank and ditch. Within the…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Burfa Castle

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…

Fortress/citadel · 1 - 500 AD
Burry Holms

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.…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Bwrdd Arthur

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. The summit…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Caerau Hillfort

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…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Caer Bach

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.…

Fortress/citadel · 4500 - 3000 BC
Caer Drewyn

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…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Caer Euni

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. The elongated enclosure…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Caer Gwrtheyrn

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,…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Caer y Twr

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. The fortification occupies a commanding…

Fortress/citadel · 1 - 500 AD
Castell Caer Seion

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…

Fortress/citadel · 500 BC - 1 AD
Castell Cawr

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. The massive hillfort crowns an isolated hill on…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Castell Dinas

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…

Fortress/citadel · 3000 - 1500 BC
Castell Henllys

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…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Castell Nadolig

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…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC

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…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Clegyr Boia

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. Located 1.6 km west…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Craig Rhiwarth

Craig Rhiwarth

Craig Rhiwarth is an Iron Age hillfort on a mountain in the Berwyn range, Powys, Wales, overlooking the village of Llangynog. There are remains of slate quarrying visible on the…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Craig Ty-Isaf

Craig Ty-Isaf

Craig Ty-Isaf is a small Iron Age hillfort in the Baglan area of Neath Port Talbot, South Wales. Located on the southwest slope of Mynydd y Gaer within Briton Ferry Woods, it…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Crug Hywel

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. The flat-topped hill, also known…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Dinas Dinlle

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…

Fortress/citadel · 3000 - 1500 BC
Dinas Emrys

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…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC

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…

Fortress/citadel · 500 BC - 1 AD
Ffridd Faldwyn, Montgomery

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…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Foel Drygarn Hillfort

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. The…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Foel Fenlli

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…

Fortress/citadel · 3000 - 1500 BC
Gaer, Black Mountains

Gaer, Black Mountains

Gaer is a hill in the Black Mountains of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Monmouthshire, Wales. It lies at the southern end of a long ridge between the valley of the Grwyne…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Gaer Fawr, Llanilar

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…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC

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…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Garn Boduan

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…

Fortress/citadel · 3000 - 1500 BC
Greenala Point Fort

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…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Hen Gaer

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…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Llanfihangel Din Sylwy

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…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Llansteffan Castle

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…

Fortress/citadel · 3000 - 1500 BC
Llwyn Bryn-Dinas

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. The hillfort features a…

Fortress/citadel · 3000 - 1500 BC

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. Sharp natural…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Moel Arthur

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…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Moel Hiraddug

Moel Hiraddug

Moel Hiraddug (also known as Y Foel) is an Iron Age hillfort in the Clwydian Range of north-east Wales. The fort crowns a hill at 265 metres above sea level, with its ridge…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Moel y Gaer, Bodfari

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…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Moel y Gaer, Llanbedr

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…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Moel y Gaer, Llantysilio

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…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Moel y Gaer, Rhosesmor

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. Excavations in the…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Moel y Gest

Moel y Gest

Moel y Gest is a Bronze Age hillfort on a 263m Marilyn in North Wales, dating to 3000–1500 BC. The rocky summit's high prominence and far-reaching views of Snowdon, the Llŷn…

Fortress/citadel · 3000 - 1500 BC
Mynydd Carningli

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).…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Mynydd Illtud

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. The undulating…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Mynydd Maendy

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…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Parciau Hill Fort

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…

Fortress/citadel · 1 - 500 AD
Pen Dinas

Pen Dinas

Pen Dinas is a large hill in Penparcau, Ceredigion, Wales, crowned by an extensive Iron Age Celtic hillfort. The fortress occupies a commanding position at the confluence of the…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Pentre Camp

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…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Penycloddiau

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)…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Pen-y-crug

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'. The flat summit at…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Pen y Gaer

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…

Fortress/citadel · 4500 - 3000 BC
Roundton Hill

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…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Slwch Tump

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…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
The Bulwarks, Porthkerry

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…

Fortress/citadel · 3000 - 1500 BC
The Gop

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…

Fortress/citadel · < 4500 BC
The Knave

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…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC

The Larches, Monmouthshire

The Larches is a Celtic Iron Age hillfort near Trellech in Monmouthshire, Wales.

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Trawscoed Fort

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…

Fortress/citadel · 1 - 500 AD
Tre'r Ceiri

Tre'r Ceiri

Tre'r Ceiri is an Iron Age hillfort on the slopes of Yr Eifl in north-western Wales. Its name means 'town of the giants', from the Welsh cewri, plural of cawr, 'giant'. The…

Fortress/citadel · 500 BC - 1 AD
Twmbarlwm

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. The ancient earthworks command panoramic views…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC
Y Garn Goch

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…

Fortress/citadel · 1500 - 500 BC

Dolmen in Wales (14)

Bodowyr Burial Chamber

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…

Dolmen · 4500 - 3000 BC
Carreg Coetan Arthur

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…

Dolmen · 4500 - 3000 BC
Carreg Samson

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…

Dolmen · 4500 - 3000 BC
Coetan Arthur Dolmen

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. Dating to around 3000 BC, it…

Dolmen · 4500 - 3000 BC
Henblas Burial Chamber

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…

Dolmen · < 4500 BC
Lligwy Burial Chamber

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…

Dolmen · < 4500 BC
Pant-y-Saer Burial Chamber

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…

Dolmen · < 4500 BC
Pentre Ifan

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…

Dolmen · 4500 - 3000 BC
Perthi-Duon Burial Chamber

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…

Dolmen · < 4500 BC
Presaddfed Burial Chamber

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.

Dolmen · < 4500 BC
St Lythans Burial Chamber

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…

Dolmen · 4500 - 3000 BC
Tinkinswood

Tinkinswood

Tinkinswood Burial Chamber, also called Castell Carreg, is a Neolithic megalithic dolmen in the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, constructed around 4000 BC. It belongs to the…

Dolmen · < 4500 BC
Ty Mawr Burial Chamber

Ty Mawr Burial Chamber

Ty Mawr Burial Chamber is a Neolithic dolmen located northeast of Llanfairpwllgwyngyll in Anglesey, Wales.

Dolmen · < 4500 BC
Tŷ Newydd Burial Chamber

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.…

Dolmen · < 4500 BC

Cairn in Wales (11)

Bedd Taliesin

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)…

Cairn · 4500 - 3000 BC
Bryn Cader Faner

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…

Cairn · 3000 - 1500 BC
Carnedd y Ddelw Cairn

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…

Cairn · < 4500 BC

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. The main cairn is a low circular…

Cairn · 3000 - 1500 BC
Cefn Bryn

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…

Cairn · < 4500 BC

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. Such cairns represent early ceremonial and burial practices in…

Cairn · < 4500 BC

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…

Cairn · < 4500 BC

Cras - Round Cairn to North of

Cras is a prehistoric round cairn located in Wales, dating to the Neolithic period (before 4500 BC). It represents a rare example of early funerary architecture in the region,…

Cairn · < 4500 BC

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. This burial monument sits on a steep scarp slope…

Cairn · 4500 - 3000 BC

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…

Cairn · < 4500 BC
Parc Cwm Long Cairn

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…

Cairn · 3000 - 1500 BC

Megalithic stones in Wales (6)

Bryn Gwyn Stones

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…

Megalithic stones · 4500 - 3000 BC
Gilwern Hill, Powys

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…

Megalithic stones · 4500 - 3000 BC
Gray Hill, Monmouthshire

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…

Megalithic stones · 3000 - 1500 BC
Harold's Stones, Trellech

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…

Megalithic stones · 4500 - 3000 BC
Maen Llia

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…

Megalithic stones · 4500 - 3000 BC
Penrhos Feilw Standing Stones

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…

Megalithic stones · 3000 - 1500 BC

City/town/settlement in Wales (5)

Caer Lêb

Caer Lêb

Caer Lêb is a Late Iron Age and Roman fortified settlement on Anglesey, west of Brynsiencyn near the Afon Braint. Its name means "Leaven Castle". The earthwork enclosure features…

City/town/settlement · 500 BC - 1 AD
Din Lligwy Hut Circle

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…

City/town/settlement · 3000 - 1500 BC

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…

City/town/settlement · < 4500 BC
Llanfechell

Llanfechell

Llanfechell is a village in Anglesey, Wales, and the largest of several small villages in the Mechell Community Council area. It lies 18 km east of Holyhead and 9 km west of…

City/town/settlement · 4500 - 3000 BC

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…

City/town/settlement · 4500 - 3000 BC

Necropolis/tombs complex in Wales (3)

Barclodiad y Gawres

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…

Necropolis/tombs complex · < 4500 BC
Bryn Celli Ddu

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.' The site was excavated…

Necropolis/tombs complex · < 4500 BC
King's Quoit

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…

Necropolis/tombs complex · < 4500 BC

Stone circle in Wales (3)

Moel Tŷ Uchaf

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…

Stone circle · 4500 - 3000 BC
Waun Mawn

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…

Stone circle · < 4500 BC

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…

Stone circle · 4500 - 3000 BC

Earthwork in Wales (2)

Banc Du

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…

Earthwork · 4500 - 3000 BC

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…

Earthwork · < 4500 BC

Henge in Wales (2)

Bedd Arthur

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…

Henge · 4500 - 3000 BC
Castell Bryn Gwyn

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),…

Henge · 3000 - 1500 BC

Residence/villa/farmhouse in Wales (2)

Bryn Eryr

Bryn Eryr

Bryn Eryr is an Iron Age farmstead near Llansadwrn on Anglesey. Excavations by the Gwynedd Archaeological Trust between 1985 and 1987 uncovered three roundhouses within a…

Residence/villa/farmhouse · 1500 - 500 BC
Holyhead Mountain Hut Circles

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.…

Residence/villa/farmhouse · 3000 - 1500 BC

Archaeological site in Wales (1)

Llyn Cerrig Bach

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…

Archaeological site · 500 BC - 1 AD

Geological interest in Wales (1)

Carn Menyn

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,…

Geological interest · 3000 - 1500 BC

Other sites in Wales (2)

Dolaucothi Gold Mines

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…

Mine/quarry · 1 - 500 AD
Llyn Fawr

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. The site is famous…

Reservoir/aqueduct/canal · 3000 - 1500 BC

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