Pentre Camp

Pentre Camp is an Iron Age hillfort, near the hamlet of Llangynyw and about 2.5 miles north-east of Llanfair Caereinion, in Powys, Wales [1]. The fort is an oval, about 74 metres by 48 metres, enclosing an area of 0.8 acres [1]. There are several concentric ramparts: three in the north and west and five elsewhere [1]. There are traces of further ramparts in the south and west [1]. In the east the third and fourth ramparts are linked to form an entrance passage [1]. All the banks are low, and may have originally been low, as foundations for timber defences [1]. There is a spring a short distance away, at the base of the northern slope of the fort; this was probably of practical importance in the fort's location [1].