NW entrance passage through the inner rampart of Tre'r Ceiri Iron Age & Roman period hillfort: Town of the Giants, Lleyn (Llyn) Peninsula, Gwynedd.
NW entrance passage through the inner rampart of Tre'r Ceiri hillfort (Town of the Giants). Begun in the late 1st millennium BC, drystone ramparts enclose some 5 acres (2ha) & around 150 huts which were still in use in the C4thAD. The SW & NW entrances were multiphase, the main (NW) being rebuilt in the C2ndAD during the Roman occupation of Britain. This entrance was excavated & partly rebuilt during a conservation project headed by Cadw & the Gwynedd Archaeological Trust (GAT).
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Location: Tre'r Ceiri Hillfort, Llanaelhaearn, Lleyn Peninsula, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
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