View looking NW out through the W entrance passage of the inner rampart (there are up to three) of Pen y Gaer Iron Age hillfort, Conwy, Wales, UK.

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View looking NW at the W entrance passage through the inner rampart of Pen y Gaer Iron Age hillfort, above the Vale of Conwy, Wales, UK. Up to three ramparts of stone, earthen banks & ditches enclose an area of two hectares: the foundations of 12 huts are visible in the interior. Rear centre: pylons march through the pass of Bwlch y Ddeufaen also used by a prehistoric route & the Roman road from Segontium (Caernarfon) to Canovium (Caerhun) in the Conwy Valley. Rear R: the ridge of Tal y Fan.

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Size: 3780px × 2673px
Location: Pen y Gaer Hillfort, Llanbedr-y-cennin, Conwy, Wales, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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