Castell Nadolig

Castell Nadolig ('Christmas Castle') is an Iron Age hillfort, about 2.5 miles (4 km) east of the village of Aberporth and about 1 mile (2 km) south of the village of Penbryn, in Ceredigion, Wales [1]. The Penbryn Spoons, of the late Iron Age, were found here [1]. The fort, sited on a low summit, is next to the A487 road to the south, which here may be the course of an ancient ridgeway [1]. There are two concentric banks, the outer defence measuring about 230 metres west–east by 185 metres north–south, enclosing 3.8 hectares, and the inner defence measuring about 130 metres by 78 metres, enclosing 0.84 hectares [1]. There is a wide space of about 60 metres between the banks; this is thought to have aided the defence of the site, which is not in a strong position [1]. The surviving ramparts are 2–3 metres high and 7–10 metres wide at the base, now forming parts of hedgebanks [1]. In 1829, two objects of cast bronze were found by a tenant farmer beneath a heap of stones in the hillfort [1].