Wilcrick Hill

Nearest town:
Caerleon (9km W)
OS reference:
ST411878
OS sheets:
171, 172
Latitude:
51° 35' 7.61 N
Longitude:
2° 51' 0.82 W
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Images

Image of Wilcrick Hill (Hillfort) by thesweetcheat

Bank on the perimeter of the hill next to the footpath. I couldn’t tell if this was manmade, enhanced or natural.

Image credit: A. Brookes (30.3.2019)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat May 30, 2019
Image of Wilcrick Hill (Hillfort) by thesweetcheat

Overgrown holloway running up into the fort from the northeast.

Image credit: A. Brookes (30.3.2019)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat May 30, 2019
Image of Wilcrick Hill (Hillfort) by juamei

Image Credit: Natural Resources Wales

Image credit: LiDAR Composite Dataset. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v2.0.
juamei
juamei Mar 25, 2018
Image of Wilcrick Hill (Hillfort) by thesweetcheat

Zoom through the criss-cross of power lines, from the Wales Coast Path.

Image credit: A. Brookes (26.8.2012)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Sep 9, 2012
Image of Wilcrick Hill (Hillfort) by thesweetcheat

Wooded Wilcrick Hill (centre), seen across the Gwent Levels from the Welsh Coast path, showing the relative prominence of the fort in this flat landscape.

Image credit: A. Brookes (26.8.2012)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Sep 9, 2012

Articles

Wilcrick Hill

C
CARL Mar 16, 2010

Park next to the houses and there is a footpath which runs past the houses. This leads you into the start of the trees and then it’s make your own path up through the trees to the summit. The whole hill is covered by ivy (I have never seen so much) and I only noticed faint traces of defences. No view to be seen from the top due to all the trees. To be honest not much to recommend a visit. Just as well to view it from the M4!!

Miscellaneous

Wilcrick Hill
Hillfort
Rhiannon
Rhiannon Jun 13, 2006

Wilcrick Hill is raised up above the surrounding soggy land of the Gwent Levels (and no doubt readily visible from the nearby M4). An article in ‘British Archaeology’ suggests that it was where cattle farmers who used the Levels in summer would retreat to for the winter months, when water levels rose. Three of their houses were found preserved in the peat at Barnard’s Farm, along with the hoof-prints of their cattle!
see
britarch.ac.uk/ba/ba49/ba49news.html

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