Revealing Episode THREE of 20 Fascinating, some never seen before, Iron Age Hillforts in West Wales

Revealing Episode THREE of 20 Fascinating, some never seen before, Iron Age Hillforts in West Wales

In this episode of 20 fascinating Hill forts of West Wales we shall be visiting Ro draan Pena CLA Blind Mice And uraya pengar if you enjoyed this video be sure to like share subscribe or click the Bell notification icon to be notified when the next episode is posted A study of Hill fors in West Wales Welsh Iron Age Hill forts were built using different materials from their counterparts in what would later become England inh people in the east of Britain tended to build larger forts constructed from soft malleable chalk building a hill fort on chalkland would

Involve scooping out the chalk and molding it into revetments for Palisades to be placed on top in Wales a hill Fort base and its ramparts were Hune from Solid Rock using Stone as a building material the Iron Age Builders constructed dry stone walls and stone revetments topped by a palisade of

Wood why are most Hill forts of West whales usually smaller than their English counterparts one obvious reason is that chalk is easier to work but there may be other considerations West Wales may have contained a small sparse population allowing less manpower to spare for such huge undertakings building a hill Fort

Presented challenges not only of quarrying the stones but moving them across Hills and Valleys the Welsh landscape differs entirely from gentle Chalk downland in the East Wales possesses steep hills and high high mountains separated by deep ravines and heavily wooded valleys not to mention streams and rivers a long journey must have been

Arduous and dangerous in the Iron Age so building a stone Fort could have been especially difficult yet incredibly stone blocks were quarried and moved around these wild Hills to construct Hill forts in the most commanding Positions the method for transporting Building Materials in the Iron Age is a mystery there is very scant evidence of horsepower or the wheel in this period in West Wales although a chariot burial has been recently excavated in pemrick Shire sleds have been used until very recent times to transport people and

Goods probably when leveling an area for a fort’s foundations many displaced Stones already on the site would be utilized in the construction of the fort considering the challenges of negotiating the landscape as well as frequently ruthless weather why go through so much trouble to build a hill

Fort in West Wales around cardigan Bay they appear to be defensive structures strongholds of territorial commanders guarding against Invasion also they may have been a welcoming place for visitors offering protection a safe place to share news and entertainment as well as to trade their advantageous position in the landscape allowed unfettered observation

Of traffic from the sea or Rivers making a Hill for a place to share intelligence and gather information about movement this Welsh Coast would have benefited from Irish sea trade routes as people could arrive from Ireland or the Western seab Board of Europe the discovery of an Amber bead

Shows a connection to Baltic Trade so let’s bring on our first Hill For 09 wa1 1895 vo draan PM Brookshire Shro a major Rocky Contour Hill for located high above the headwaters of the avanta at the Eastern end of the minth preli hills in a strategic position to command possible Roots the circuit comprises two widely spaced Stone and Earth Banks now dilapidated and vegetation covered with traces of flanking ditches the inner

Bank Rises 1 m above the interior and above the ditch into which it has largely collapsed masking its outline outer bankless with dry stone wall facing visibly on inner and outer face as well as on the outer face of the inner Bank set against Natural Cliffs on the

Southern side where no defense was needed the site is notable for three Bronze Age canes on a doed summit there is evidence of at least 227 hook Platforms in the interior and 42 possible other sites a survey by researchers from Portsmouth poly Technic in 1988 provided the first detailed plan

A very Stony site under mland rough grazing outstanding and well preserved despite Fallen Stone The Golden Road runs along the ridge of minith bili passing Bo this picturesque walking route links ancient monuments and burial places cans and Rocky tours with views reaching as far as Island as well as deep into South

Wales and the Magnificent Northern expanse of Cardigan Bay towards Sidonia the Golden Road possibly dates back 5,000 years to Neolithic times when it may have been one of the hundreds of ridgeways or High Trails that avoided dense dangerous forests or difficult terrain below this Trail could have been part of

An important Super Highway where gold mined in the Wicklow mountains of Ireland traveled as far as wesex to be traded with nearly 250 known Hut circles Bo draan must have been a busy bustling Community the size of a small town the enclosing dry stone walls and the

Footings of the Huts needed huge amounts of stone for building materials and it makes sense that our iron Edge ancestors quarried The Rock from the summit the three massive cans of piled up stones are commonly thought to be important burial structures they may be up to 1,000 years older than the iron AG

Period and the hill Fort surrounding them the cans were probably considered very important by the later Iron Age Hill Fort Builders as they required a colossal amount of stones for their fortifications Paving and building Platforms in the construction of the Hill for yet they appear to have left the cans

Untouched voil Dian translates as bare Hill of three cans Legend says a horde of gold Lies Beneath the flat stone known as btha brine which means the king’s table the flat stone must be well hidden as nobody has been able to find it in the British Isles mortar or cement

Was unknown until Roman times thus most stone structures were built using the dry Stone technique still often used in rural areas today a wooden framework built into the structure of the fort added strength to the higher walls and Towers over time the Wood rotted away and the walls

Crumbled their Stones tumbling down the Mountain’s steep slopes ban may have been a settlement in continual use since the Bronze Age or even the Neolithic period finally could the Ken be remains of three collapsed Towers or beehive shaped cans as local Legend would have It poan is on Open Access land and can be easily reached by footpath 10 wa 2127 peny planner brother Karena penia is a circular Contour Hill for located on a prominent Hill with the Tavy to the west and a stream on the East flowing into the Aon di it is defined by two Banks and ditches in the Northeast although the outer ditch is

Only visible in places and the inner ditch appears to have been Disturbed there’s a single bank with no ditch visible elsewhere the Eastern entrance was formerly protected by the incurved Banks but much of this was removed early in the 20th century it has been badly affected by field boundaries minimal investigations

Undated this small circular Contour Fort crowns a wide prominent Hill conical shaped with pasture cover it overlooks the small tapy town of clab bua the fort itself and the hilltop is bisected with Hedges each quadrant belonging to a different owner the site is barely recognizable as a penaga hill Fort and

Its name has taken on the generic title as its own farming and grazing have eroded the southern flanks but the banks and ditches to the north and east still reveal the profile of the original features today a large pink garden shed is situated in one of the quadrangles

One can imagine that it perhaps sits over an iron AG Chief’s brandhouse there is no Public Access 11 W 2258 Blind Mice and carg kadener a large Contour Hill Fort located on the prominent Summit of a west facing promary overlooking the aent Tavi in cleen carig from the East single bank and ditch best seen on the Eastern side where the bank is up to

1 M high and 3 m wide with a 4 M wide outer ditch possible internal enclosure recorded on aerial photographs of the 194 40s but not now visible on site no entrance defined minimal investigations undated this large defended iron AG settlement sits on a high prometer overlooking Avon Tavi and Lin penck a

Lake of glacial origin a Roman Road bisects the lake below the fort connecting nearby San Helen with the Roman town of Karan in 1917 near the lake the head of an iron mace was discovered analysis revealed a probable prehistoric origin even though it was found on the surface

Of the Roman Road it may have been a votive offering to the lake rediscovered in Roman times a possible Roman Camp was recently found close by suggesting that the Romans were present and engaged in subduing the community of this large settlement there is a public footpath close to the north with some overlook Views 12 w 2129 Agy penar penar Karena a fine Contour Hill Fort located in a commanding position with far-reaching views situated on the summit of a small NL on minth pen carig and at the headwaters of streams to the east and west flowing into the aont Tavi to the north single Rampart completes the

Circuit around 1.8 to 2 m High externally with traces of ditch in places simple Southeast entrance good condition minimal investigations undated this small little studded Hill Fort sits 344 M up on a null upon manth penar with only one bank and ditch it appears to have been a relatively simple

Fortified settlement and if it held Sim features to other local Hill forts it most likely had a wooden Palisade during the latter part of the Bronze Age communities established elevated settlements on prominent ridges surrounded by wide reaching views valleys often had a dangerous river at their base and dense shrubs and trees

Which made traveling dangerous Britain’s Wilderness landscape particularly the west of Wales contained wild animals such as bears and wolves not to mention nefarious human Raiders this elevated defensive enclosure probably functioned as a safe home away from predators there is a public footpath 100 m to the east side with views In the next episode we visit binm kyay Kaya kadan Penna banai and pen frod cloy if you enjoyed this video be sure to like share subscribe or click the Bell notification icon to be notified when the next next episode is Posted

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Get your Hillfort fix this xmas! The long awaited
“20 Fascinating Hillforts of West Wales” Episode One premiered Xmas Eve Sunday December 24th @ 7pm. Then…
The next Episode : Episode Two, Boxing Day, December 26th @ 7pm
Episode Three, Saturday December 30th @ 9pm
Episode Four Saturday January 6th @.. 7pm.

Many of these Welsh Hillforts are largely unknown and are not accessible or viewable to the public. Unlike some of the more iconic and accessible Hillforts in eastern Britain. So let us introduce you to some of the Iron Age gems from one of the remotest areas in southern Britain!
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Resources :
Google Earth
Ordnance Survey
Lidar: LIDAR Composite First Return DSM 2020 – 1m (retired) Open Government Licence, 2020
Plan of Foel Drygarn Hillfort made by the Geography Department of Portsmouth Polytechnic, from original aerial surveys by RCAHMW, scale 1:1000. Coflein

Special Thanks :
Audrey Peebles and Bob Marshall for Fife Coast and Countryside Trust
Dr Toby Driver ‘s informative books “Hillforts of Cardigan Bay” and “Hillforts of Iron Age Wales”
Stuart Fry, Drystone structure specialist
Martin Price for info on the Garn Goch Forts
Penparcau Pen Dinas Project
Atlas of Hillforts : School of Archaeology, University of Oxford
Dyfed Archaeology Trust
Cherish, Climate Change and Coastal Heritage
Archwilio of RCAHMW
Brian John’s “Cnapan”
Special Special Thanks :
Ella Jo & Dr Gaz

Inspiration :
James Dyer, Professor Mike Parker Pearson, top neighbours and fantastic Archaeologists
Dr Toby Driver
Shouts to :
Greg ‘Spyke’ Howes, Jon Murphy, Belinda and the Megaliths, Pembrokeshire Coastal Park, National Trust. Windswept Robbie, Danny, DJI for creating such a cool flying camera
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Stuy of West Wales Hillforts Citations

Hadrianus Maiden Castle Multivallate Hillfort
Hadrianus1959, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Badbury Rings Shapwick Dorset
Simaron, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Chalk pit
Nigel Mykura / Chalk pit near Muckleford

Ox Pulling Sled
Jackson, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Chariot Burial
Gastebois & Fourdrignier, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Ancient Aliens
Luca Giarelli, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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