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Pen-y-Gaer; Y Pegwn

Defended Enclosure; Hillfort

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The National Monuments Record of Wales records Pen-y-Gaer; Y Pegwn as Defended Enclosure; Hillfort 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 (Y Pegwn) is a hillfort, likely dating to the Iron Age, though it may have been reused in the early medieval period as a ringfort or fairy fort. It is associated with local folklore referring to "fairies" or other supernatural beings, a common theme in Welsh sites with such names.

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