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Pen-y-Gaer, Meidrim

Hillfort; Defended Enclosure

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The National Monuments Record of Wales records Pen-y-Gaer, Meidrim as Hillfort; Defended Enclosure from the Iron Age period. The saved point comes from the official national record. Inclusion does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Pen-y-Gaer is a hillfort and defended enclosure, likely dating to the Iron Age, though it may have been reused in the early medieval period. Local tradition associates such sites with fairy folklore, and they were often believed to be the homes of the "Good People" or ancient spirits in Welsh tradition.

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