Twyn-y-Gaer (Mynydd Illtyd)

Nearest town:
Brecon (5km ENE)
OS reference:
SN990281
OS sheet:
160
Latitude:
51° 56' 30.23 N
Longitude:
3° 28' 10.17 W
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Images

Image of Twyn-y-Gaer (Mynydd Illtyd) (Hillfort) by thesweetcheat

What appears to be some small quarrying damage to the western rampart.

Image credit: A. Brookes (10.7.2014)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Sep 15, 2014
Image of Twyn-y-Gaer (Mynydd Illtyd) (Hillfort) by thesweetcheat

The fort boasts far-reaching views in all directions. Looking WSW, with the mountains of Y Mynydd Du far left skyline.

Image credit: A. Brookes (10.7.2014)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Sep 15, 2014
Image of Twyn-y-Gaer (Mynydd Illtyd) (Hillfort) by thesweetcheat

Looking across the southwestern rampart towards the Brecon Beacons and Fan Fawr.

Image credit: A. Brookes (10.7.2014)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Sep 15, 2014

Articles

Twyn-y-Gaer (Mynydd Illtyd)

E
elderford Aug 2, 2003

Near A40, 5km west of Brecon, Powys.

OS map required.

Public rights of way lead up to it.

Worth it for the view alone. It is worth bearing in mind when visiting that the tree covered hill across directly to the east also has a hillfort on it but that there is no public access to it.

Oval in shape, single bank and entrance, 112m across (east to west). Evidence of quarrying and perhaps the remains of a medieval stone foundations.

Mountain Centre Standing Stones 1 and 2 are nearby.

Miscellaneous

Twyn-y-Gaer (Mynydd Illtyd)
Hillfort
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Dec 29, 2009

Site description from Coflein:

“A sub-oval hill top enclosure, about 110m east-west by 88m, defined by scarps above steep natural slopes on the west, with a rampart & ditch, pierced by an axial entrance, on the east, where an internal quarry ditch is also in evidence.

Set in the midst of a warren of pillow mounds, within an extensive suggested field system”

coflein.gov.uk/en/site/305069/details/TWYN+Y+GAER%3BY+GAER%2C+PEN-PONT/

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