Английская Википедия:Hen Gaer
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox ancient site Hen Gaer is an Iron Age hillfort, on a hill adjacent to and east of Bow Street, Ceredigion, Wales.
Other names of the hillfort are Broncastellan and Caer Shon.[1]
Description
Hen Gaer ("Old Castle") is smaller than a typical tribal fortification. It is strongly defended; the single rampart is about Шаблон:Convert wide and Шаблон:Convert above the interior, with a rock-cut external ditch. On the north-east side, carefully laid stone blocks of the original rampart wall can be seen. The main entrance is on the west side. There is a circular mound outside the entrance: it is not an earlier barrow, but may be a defensive feature.[1][2]
The enclosed area includes some of the southern hillslope; it is thought this may have been to make the fortification visible from the narrow valley below, at the confluence of Afon Stewi and Nant Seilo forming Afon Clarach.[1]
See also
References
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 Шаблон:Coflein
- ↑ Christopher Houlder. Wales: An Archaeological Guide. Faber and Faber, 1978. Page 114.
