Bedd-y-Cawr Hillfort

Bedd-y-Cawr Hillfort
Eirian Evans · CC BY-SA 2.0

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 enclosure measures approximately 156m by 74m[1][2].

TypeFortress/citadel
Period1500 - 500 BC
CountryWales
Coordinates53.2365° N, 3.4800° W

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