Pen-y-crug’s defensive banks and ditches
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Pen-y-crug is a large, oval, multivallate Iron Age hillfort[a]A multivallate hillfort has more one rampart or defensive circuit.[1] in the Brecon Beacons, Powys, Wales.[b]Now known as Bannau Brycheiniog. About 2 km (1 mi) north-west of the confluence of the rivers Usk and Honddu, it encloses the summit of a prominent, isolated hill called the Crug.[2][3]
The interior of the undulating site rises from north to south, peaking towards the west side at 330 metres (1,083 ft) above sea level.[2] During the 18th and 19th centuries the Crug was worked as a tile quarry,[3] which has resulted in damage to the north, south and eastern outer perimeter defences.[2]
As at 2024 the site is owned and managed by the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority.[2]
Notes
| a | A multivallate hillfort has more one rampart or defensive circuit.[1] |
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| b | Now known as Bannau Brycheiniog. |