Maiden Castle (Gower)

Also known as:
Main Castle and Oxwich Point
Nearest town:
Llanelli (16km NNW)
OS reference:
SS50928548
OS sheet:
159
Latitude:
51° 32' 52.66 N
Longitude:
4° 9' 1.12 W
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Images

Image of Maiden Castle (Gower) (Promontory Fort) by thesweetcheat

The height of undergrowth may be misleading, but it looks as though the earthworks underneath may be pretty substantial: the GGAT record indicates a well-preserved and in-turned entrance and two lines of bank and ditch.

Image credit: A. Brookes (29.12.2015)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jan 27, 2016
Image of Maiden Castle (Gower) (Promontory Fort) by thesweetcheat

Unless Cadw are going to bring a helicopter full of Agent Orange, this is as close as you can get to the earthworks. There is – maybe – a hint of ditch on the right.

Image credit: A. Brookes (29.12.2015)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jan 27, 2016
Image of Maiden Castle (Gower) (Promontory Fort) by thesweetcheat

The bank is hidden under a tangle of brambles and undergrowth, just over the fence.

Image credit: A. Brookes (29.12.2015)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jan 27, 2016
Image of Maiden Castle (Gower) (Promontory Fort) by thesweetcheat

The fort is on the other side of the fence, just before the bend in the boundary. Taken from the southeast, where the ground slopes gently away from the fort towards the end of the headland.

Image credit: A. Brookes (29.12.2015)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jan 27, 2016
Image of Maiden Castle (Gower) (Promontory Fort) by thesweetcheat

Oxwich Point from Cefn Bryn. The fort is in the trees at the top of the cliffs, further out than the low tide line.

Image credit: A. Brookes (21.3.2015)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Mar 29, 2015
Image of Maiden Castle (Gower) (Promontory Fort) by thesweetcheat

The clifftop position of the fort, seen from Penmaen Burrows across Oxwich Bay.

Image credit: A. Brookes (30.3.2013)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Mar 31, 2013

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