Pen y Gaer

Pen y Gaer is the location of a Bronze Age and Iron Age hillfort near the village of Llanbedr-y-Cennin in the Conwy valley [1]. A natural defensive site, it had a long history of occupation, indicated by the complexity of the defences, which were amended over time [1]. There are two Bronze Age cairns on the north-west slope, and extensive prehistoric and later field systems are nearby [1]. The remains as seen today are mostly of Iron Age origin, but further earthworks, probably of medieval origin, lie on the south-eastern slopes [1]. The remains of the two walls of stone can be seen, as can those of a chevaux-de-frise [1].