NW entrance passage through the inner rampart of Tre'r Ceiri Iron Age & Roman period hillfort: Town of the Giants, Lleyn (Llyn) Peninsula, Gwynedd.

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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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Size: 3676px × 4961px
Location: Tre'r Ceiri Hillfort, Llanaelhaearn, Lleyn Peninsula, Gwynedd, Wales, UK
Photo credit: © Mick Sharp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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