Gaer Fawr
Gaer Fawr is an Iron Age hill fort located near Llanilar, Ceredigion, Wales; the Ordnance Survey grid reference is SN648718. The fort is registered with Cadw under reference number CD050.- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: hillfort in Ceredigion
- Also known as: “Gaer Fawr Hillfort”, “Gaer Fawr, Llanilar”, and “Pen Y Caerau”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rhyd-Lwyd Chapel and Trawscoed Mansion.
Rhyd-Lwyd Chapel
Church
Photo: Jeremy Bolwell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rhyd-Lwyd Chapel is a church, which is situated 3,500 feet south of Gaer Fawr.
Trawscoed Mansion
House
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Trawscoed Mansion is a house, which is situated 1½ miles northeast of Gaer Fawr.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rhos-y-garth and Lledrod.
Rhos-y-garth
Hamlet
Rhos-y-garth is a hamlet in the community of Llanilar, Ceredigion, Wales, which is 68.7 miles from Cardiff and 174.7 miles from London. Rhos-y-garth is represented in the Senedd by Elin Jones and is part of the Ceredigion Preseli constituency in the House of Commons.
Lledrod
Village
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Lledrod is a village and community in Ceredigion, Wales. The village is situated on the A485 road from Llanilar to Tregaron, where it crosses the valley of the River Wyre.
Abermagwr
Hamlet
Abermagwr is a small settlement in the county of Ceredigion, Wales. It is on the B4340 road and is 11 kilometres southeast of the town of Aberystwyth. Abermagwr is situated 1½ miles northeast of Gaer Fawr.
Gaer Fawr
- Categories: contour fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Llanilar, Ceredigion, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.32833° or 52° 19′ 42″ northLongitude
-3.98445° or 3° 59′ 4″ westOpen location code
9C4R82H8+86OpenStreetMap ID
node 4081920506OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q13128545
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In Other Languages
“Gaer Fawr” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Gaer Fawr, Llanilar”
- Welsh: “Gaer Fawr”
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Highlights include Llwynhywel Wood and Coed Allt Fedw.
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