Gilwern Hill, Powys Explained

Gilwern Hill, Powys should not be confused with Gilwern Hill, Monmouthshire.

Gilwern Hill is a hill about 3 mi / 5 km southeast of Llandrindod Wells in the county of Powys, Wales.

Geology

The hill is composed from a range of lower and middle Ordovician volcaniclastic rocks which form a part of the Builth Inlier. Palaeontologists Pete Lawrance and Brian Beveridge have spent 30 years examining fossils from a privately owned limestone quarry on the hill. Amongst fossils so far identified at this location are the trilobites Meadowtownella, Bettonolithus, Protolloydolithus and Anebolithus together with Conulariida, Iocrinus, Clonograptus and starfish[1]

Stone rows

There are two prehistoric stone rows at the southern end of the hill, each with a large stone, more than 2m high, at one end.[2]

References

  1. http://www.asoldasthehills.org Old as the Hills website
  2. Web site: Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust: Prehistoric Funerary and Ritual Monuments in Radnorshire . 2010-07-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110111081254/http://www.cpat.org.uk/projects/longer/pfr/pfrrad/pfrrad.htm . 2011-01-11 . dead .

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