Pen Dinas Hill Fort

Local namePen Dinas Hill Fort
LocationAberystwyth, UK

Pen Dinas is the name of a large hill within the boundary of the village of Penparcau, on the coast of Ceredigion, Wales, upon which an extensive Iron Age, Celtic hillfort of international significance is situated.

The name is more correctly 'Dinas Maelor', this could be translated into English as 'Maelor's Fort' or 'Maelor's City'. Tradition refers to it as being the fort of the giant Maelor Gawr. Pen Dinas strictly speaking only refers to the highest point, 'Pen y Dinas' or 'Head of the Citadel',. The southern summit is also where, in the Bronze Age, a burial mound was erected.

For the official Royal Commission for the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales record relating to Pen Dinas Hillfort see

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pen_Dinas

Address SY23 1, United Kingdom

Coordinates 52°24'11.062" N -4°4'56.532" E

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