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Twyn-y-Gaer Iron Age Hill Fort

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Twyn-y-Gaer Iron Age Hill Fort
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Twyn-y-Gaer Iron Age Hill Fort is a castle, fort or tower in Powys, Wales. Perhaps iron-age hands cut its ridges while storms erased every name they spoke. Maybe the ground still holds the shape of doors no longer standing. Imagine watching the valley fade into fog from a ledge built to watch valleys.
A named place photographed at this map point in Powys.
Built during the Iron Age, Twyn-y-Gaer Hill Fort was constructed by pre-Roman Celtic communities around the 5th to 1st century BCE. It is important as a rare example of an Iron Age defensive structure in the area, offering insight into early settlement patterns and hill fort use in Wales.

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Photo: Shaun Ferguson · CC BY-SA 2.0