Llwyn Bryn-Dinas Explained

Llwyn Bryn-Dinas
Map Type:Wales Powys
Map Size:180px
Coordinates:52.8139°N -3.2292°W
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Llwyn Bryn-Dinas is an Iron Age hillfort on the north side of the Tanat valley, about 1miles west of the village of Llangedwyn, in Powys, Wales.

Description

The hillfort has a single rampart, about 264m (866feet) north to south and 204m (669feet) east to west, following the contours of a prominent hill. The area is about . There is a simple inturned entrance on the south-east.[1]

There was excavation in 1983. It was found that the site was first occupied in the late Bronze Age, about the 10th–9th century BC; the defences were enlarged about the 4th–3rd century BC, during the Iron Age. Built into the rear of the rampart was an Iron Age smithy, for bronze-casting and iron-working, probably to serve the requirements of the settlement.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Christopher Houlder. Wales: An Archaeological Guide. Faber and Faber, 1978. Page 91.
  2. http://www.cpat.org.uk/cpat/past/iron/iron.htm The Iron Age, 600 BC - AD 50