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Bedd-y-Cawr Hillfort

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valley in an area dominated by hillforts. The hillfort is roughly rectangular measuring approximately 156 metres (171 yards) by 74 metres (81 yards) with an area of 0.8 hectares (2.0 acres) and is defined by a ditch and bank to the north-west and the north-east with a simple entrance. On the sides on
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The area of the designated site was expanded in 1998 (formerly just the interior was scheduled) and is classed as a defensive prehistoric hillfort.
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The hillfort is sited at the end of the Cefn Meiriadog ridge of the Rhos Hills which offers views over the
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in 1912 and Bedd-y-Cawr and designated as a scheduled monument in 1927.
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the west and east it is protected by natural outcrops of limestone.
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that lies approximately 3.3 kilometres (2.1 miles) west of
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SP MANWEB: The North Wales Wind Farms Connection Project
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Environmental Statement - Chapter 8 Historic Environment
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Denbighshire
Wales
53°14′11″N 3°28′48″W / 53.2363°N 3.4799°W / 53.2363; -3.4799
OS grid reference
SJ 0132 7205
Scheduled monument
Community
Cefnmeiriadog
Bedd-y-Cawr Hillfort is located in Denbighshire
Iron Age
hillfort
promontory
community
Cefnmeiriadog
Denbighshire
North Wales
Welsh
scheduled monument
St Asaph
Henllan
River Elwy
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments in Wales and Monmouthshire
Moel y Gaer
Bodfari
Environmental Statement - Chapter 8 Historic Environment
SP MANWEB: The North Wales Wind Farms Connection Project
the original
"Bedd-y-cawr, Defended Enclosure (306688)"
RCAHMW

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