CRAIG GWRTHEYRN; CAER GWRTHEYRN

Site Details

NPRN
101802
Map Reference
SN44SW
Grid Reference
SN43324027
Unitary (Local) Authority
Carmarthenshire
Old County
Carmarthenshire
Community
Llanfihangel-ar-arth
Type of Site
HILLFORT
Broad Class
Defence
Period
Iron Age

Site Description

Craig Gwrtheyrn hillfort has an irregular enclosure, about 160m north-south by 125m and occupies an isolated hilltop above the Teifi valley. There are traces of a drystone rampart about 2.0-3.0m across, and of additional banks/ditches on all but the precipitous north-east side. The entrance faces south-west and is fronted by up to three lines of ramparts, forming a distinct entrance facade, or approach complex, thought to have included a chevaux de frise. The site is identified with the stronghold of Vortgern, or Gwrtheyrn.
RCAHMW 10 February 2009