Caer Drewyn
Caer Drewyn is an early Iron Age hillfort to the north of the town of Corwen, Denbighshire. It has a large stone rampart with entrances on the west and north sides; there is a guard chamber within the north-east entrance, and it has a deep defensive ditch.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: hillfort in Denbighshire
- Also known as: “Caer Drewen”, “Caer Drewen Camp”, and “Caer Drewyn hillfort”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Owain Glyndwr Hotel and Capel y Rug.
Owain Glyndwr Hotel
Hotel
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The Owain Glyndwr Hotel is a Grade II-listed inn in Corwen, Denbighshire, Wales, and is named after the Welsh national hero Owain Glyndŵr. The hotel was built in the mid-eighteenth century, but incorporates elements of an earlier structure on the site. Owain Glyndwr Hotel is situated 1 mile southwest of Caer Drewyn.
Capel y Rug
Church
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Capel y Rug is a church, which is situated 1½ miles west of Caer Drewyn.
Llangar Old Church
Church
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Llangar Church, or All Saints Old Parish Church, Llangar, was formerly the parish church of Llangar with Cynwyd, in the Dee Valley, Denbighshire, North Wales. Llangar Old Church is situated 2 miles southwest of Caer Drewyn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clawdd Poncen and Carrog.
Clawdd Poncen
Village
Clawdd Poncen is a village in Denbighshire, Wales, approximately 1.3 miles northwest of Corwen, on the opposite bank of the River Dee. The community population taken at the 2011 census was 300.
Carrog
Village
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Carrog is a village in Denbighshire, Wales, near Corwen. Formerly referred to as Llansanffraid-Glyn Dyfrdwy, as it lies within the parish of Llansanffraid Glyndyfrdwy, it takes its modern name from the Great Western Railway station on the opposite bank of the River Dee, which in turn took its name from the Carrog estate on that bank. Carrog is situated 1½ miles east of Caer Drewyn.
Rhug
Locality
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Rhug is a township in the parish of Corwen, Denbighshire, Wales, formerly in the old cantref of Edeirnion and later a part of Merionethshire, two miles from Corwen and ten miles north east of Bala. Rhug is situated 2 miles west of Caer Drewyn.
Caer Drewyn
- Categories: partial contour fort, hillslope fort, hillfort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Corwen, Denbighshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.98917° or 52° 59′ 21″ northLongitude
-3.36005° or 3° 21′ 36″ westOpen location code
9C4RXJQQ+MXOpenStreetMap ID
way 1035847544OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q13126471
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In Other Languages
From Hebrew to Welsh—“Caer Drewyn” goes by many names.
- Hebrew: “קר דרווין”
- Welsh: “Caer Drewen Camp”
- Welsh: “Caer Drewin”
- Welsh: “Caer Drewyn”
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Highlights include Caer Drewyn and Pen Coed Mawr.
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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 “Caer Drewyn”. Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.