What is recorded here
Banc y Castell and Castell Goginan Fach in Ceredigion may mark the lost Castell Nant-yr-Arian, a place where Iron Age and Medieval hands shaped the same land. The names suggest a castle bank and a small fortress, yet no standing wall remains certain. People may have climbed the slope, watched the valley, or forgotten the site entirely before memory faded. What is left is a possibility buried under grass and time.
The National Monuments Record of Wales records Banc y Castell;Castell Goginan Fach: Possible site of Castell Nant-yr-Arian as Castle; Hillfort from the Iron Age; Medieval period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
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Gatepost and standing stoneStanding or carved stone · 1.2 mi
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