Craig Ty-Isaf

Craig Ty-Isaf is a small hillfort in Baglan community, Neath Port Talbot, in South Wales [1]. It is one of three hillforts on the area of hillside known as Mynydd y Gaer, and is within Briton Ferry Woods [1]. The hillfort is on the SW side of the hill, overlooking Baglan, an oval enclosing some 0.2ha [1]. A broad rubble bank forms the oval enclosure, and on the east two further banks mean that the area of banks and ditches encompasses a much larger area for the site as a whole, which is a Scheduled Monument [1]. The earthworks define an enclosure 210m above sea level, 65m across from east to west, and 45m from north to south [1]. The earliest earthworks appear to be a complete oval of rubble banks, some 2.5m high and 9m wide [1]. A second bank runs along the east side, and appears to be the same age as the main earthwork [1]. A gap through these two banks formed the original entrance [1].