Looking from the outer rampart of the hillfort over the multiple lines of ramparts protecting the southern approach.
Image credit: A. Brookes (19.3.2023)
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So what's the story with this SC... assumed it was Dark Age adapted by the Normans, but apparently not?
According to the SMR it's a proper mixed bag. Iron Age pottery shows definite prehistoric origins, then reinforcement of the earthworks later. A bit like Castell Dinas Bran I guess. Lovely place for a mooch though, especially at this time of year.
Very odd. So there's a castle down below, a southern enclosure... and a northern enclosure apparently adapted from Dark Ages into later medieval?
Yeah, pretty much, with both the southern enclosure and northern 'fort' being Iron Age sites (of some sort) initially. The actual castle below is very overgrown and I didn't investigate beyond walking past it!