Caerau Hillfort
Caerau Hillfort is a large triangular multivallate Iron Age hillfort, built on a previously occupied Neolithic site, occupying the western tip of an extensive ridge-top plateau in the western suburbs of Caerau and Ely, Cardiff, Wales.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: hillfort in Cardiff
- Also known as: “Caerau Camp, Ely” and “Caerau Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Mary the Virgin Church and Ysgol Gymraeg Nant Caerau.
St Mary the Virgin Church
Ruins
Photo: Rbj39, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St Mary the Virgin Church is a deconsecrated and ruined church in the parish of Caerau with Ely, Cardiff, Wales. It was built in the 13th century on a Roman encampment and closed for the last time in 1973. St Mary the Virgin Church is situated 550 feet east of Caerau Hillfort.
Ysgol Gymraeg Nant Caerau
School
Photo: Sionk, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ysgol Gymraeg Nant Caerau is a school, which is situated 1,800 feet northwest of Caerau Hillfort.
Mary Immaculate High School
School
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Mary Immaculate High School is an 11-16 mixed, English-medium, Roman Catholic, comprehensive and faith school located in Wenvoe, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, although administrated by the Cardiff local education authority. Mary Immaculate High School is situated 2,900 feet southwest of Caerau Hillfort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ely and Twyn-yr-Odyn.
Ely
Suburb
Photo: Tony Hodge, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ely is a district and community in Cardiff, Wales. It is to the north of Cowbridge Road West. Caerau defines the boundary to the south as does the River Ely to the east and in part to the north.
Twyn-yr-Odyn
Hamlet
Photo: Peter Wasp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Twyn-yr-Odyn is a hamlet in the Vale of Glamorgan, southeast Wales, just beyond the territorial border of western Cardiff. It lies just southwest of Culverhouse Cross, very close to Wenvoe and St Lythans.
Michaelston-le-Pit
Village
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Michaelston-le-Pit is a village in the Vale of Glamorgan, just to the west of the city of Cardiff, Wales. It is part of the Michaelston-le-Pit and Leckwith community. Michaelston-le-Pit is situated 1½ miles southeast of Caerau Hillfort.
Caerau Hillfort
- Categories: castle, contour fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Caerau, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.46738° or 51° 28′ 3″ northLongitude
-3.24896° or 3° 14′ 56″ westElevation
246 feet (75 metres)Open location code
9C3RFQ82+XCOpenStreetMap ID
node 2412748989OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Welsh—“Caerau Hillfort” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Caerau Castle”
- Swedish: “Caerau Castle”
- Welsh: “Caerau, Coed-elái”
- Welsh: “Caerau”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Caerau Hillfort”. Photo: John Lord, CC BY-SA 2.0.