Pen-y-Bannau

Also known as:
Pen y Bannau
Nearest town:
Aberystwyth (22km WNW)
OS reference:
SN74196689
OS sheets:
135, 147
Latitude:
52° 17' 6.97 N
Longitude:
3° 50' 40.63 W
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Image of Pen-y-Bannau (Hillfort) by juamei

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juamei Mar 25, 2018
Image of Pen-y-Bannau (Hillfort) by GLADMAN

The summit of the enclosure looking north.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Jan 9, 2016
Image of Pen-y-Bannau (Hillfort) by GLADMAN

Struggling somewhat with the wind.... but then hill forts do tend to be constructed on hills.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Jan 9, 2016
Image of Pen-y-Bannau (Hillfort) by GLADMAN

Pontrhydfendigaid is the town overlooked by its ancient predecessor.

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GLADMAN Jan 9, 2016
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The site viewed from a rather windy Pen y Ffrwyd-lwyd camp across the way....

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Oct 4, 2012
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The ridge terminates in a sheer drop to the south-west; hence no need for elaborate defences here.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Sep 30, 2012
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From the north..... the defences, at this, the most easilly approached point, are pretty impressive.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Sep 30, 2012
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The northern defences protecting the entrance.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Sep 30, 2012
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Less of a hill, more of a mini-mountain, perhaps?

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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GLADMAN Sep 30, 2012
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Approaching just past the school.... the track we want is the green one heading off through the trees to far right. Needless to say I followed the farm road to Pen-y-Wern-Hir and, finding no-one at home to correct me, went a little off piste to get to the summit. You can do better.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
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Articles

Pen-y-Bannau

postman
postman Oct 29, 2008

We parked just west of Pontrhydfendigaid ( nice little name for a nice little town) halfway down a lane leading to Dolebolion farm,
The footpath crossing this lane takes you more or less striaght to the top of the hill. At 352m it’s quite a puff to the top but the view
alone is worth it, the trig point speaks of the forts hieght and maybe its unasailability but only being there shows its dominence over
the surrounding country. The Entrance is very well preserved, being the most vulnerable side it has three banks and ditches only a low
bank stregnthens the eastern side. Infront of the entrance is an irregular shaped ring of rubble, iron age I doubt but near that is a 
pair of large boulders (one standing) they do look part of something older. Around the stones are three large mounds from on top
of which we could almost look down on the fortified entrance, not often does that occur.
On our way back down we saw what the track was for around the southern edge of the hill, cars were racing round it, a pity they werent
more cool cars, astra’s, escorts and the like, but it was different, and we did stay and watch for a bit.
From the other hillfort three miles N.West the hill that Pen y Bannau is on seems to stand out even more, it is such a perfect place
to build a fort on .

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