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The Castle, Woodreefe, Marros Castle

Hillfort

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Marros Castle stands as an Iron Age hillfort above Woodreefe, its ancient earthworks still shaping the Carmarthenshire landscape. People may have climbed those slopes to watch the sea, trade goods or resist invasion long before written history existed. The castle never needed stone walls because human urgency built it.
The National Monuments Record of Wales records The Castle, Woodreefe, Marros Castle as 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.
Built during the Iron Age, Marros Castle is an ancient hillfort whose construction is attributed to pre-Roman Celtic tribes. It is important as a significant example of early defensive earthworks in Wales, offering insight into Iron Age settlement and military strategies in the region.

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