Hen Gaer

Hen Gaer is an Iron Age hillfort, on a hill adjacent to and east of Bow Street, Ceredigion, Wales. Other names of the hillfort are Broncastellan and Caer Shon.

Photo: Marion Phillips, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Archaeological site
Description: hillfort in Ceredigion
Also known as: “Broncastellan”, “Caer Shon”, “Hen Gaer, Bow Street”, and “Pen Gaer, Bow Street”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bow Street railway station and Saint John’s Church.

Bow Street railway station

Railway station

Photo: John Lucas, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bow Street is a railway station on the Cambrian Line, which runs between Shrewsbury and Aberystwyth or Pwllheli. The station, situated 4 miles 30 chains north-east of Aberystwyth, serves the villages of Bow Street and Pen-y-garn in Ceredigion, Wales. Bow Street railway station is situated 3,900 feet west of Hen Gaer.

Saint John’s Church

Church

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Saint John’s Church is situated 3,600 feet east of Hen Gaer.

Gogerddan Mansion

Office building

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Gogerddan was an estate near to Trefeurig and the most important in what was then the county of Cardiganshire, Wales. Owned since at least the fifteenth century by the Pryse family, the main house, called Plas Gogerddan, still stands and is a Grade II listed building. Gogerddan Mansion is situated 2,600 feet southwest of Hen Gaer.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Penrhyn-coch and Bow Street.

Penrhyn-coch

Village

Photo: Nigel Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Penrhyn-coch is a small village in the community of Trefeurig, Ceredigion, Wales, located between Afon Stewi and Nant Seilo rivers, close to where they merge into Afon Clarach.

Bow Street

Village

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Bow Street is a large village in the Tirymynach district of Ceredigion, Wales, approximately 3.5 miles north-east of Aberystwyth. As well as Bow Street itself, it is now often considered to include the neighbouring smaller village of Pen-y-garn and the hamlet of Rhydypennau.

Rhydypennau

Hamlet

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Rhydypennau is a hamlet in the Genau'r-glyn district of Ceredigion, Wales, approximately 4+1⁄2 miles north-east of Aberystwyth. Along with the village of Pen-y-garn, Rhydypennau is now often considered to be part of the neighbouring village of Bow Street.

Hen Gaer

Categories: contour fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Tirymynach, Ceredigion, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.44027° or 52° 26′ 25″ north

Longitude

-4.01267° or 4° 0′ 46″ west

Open location code

9C4QCXRP+4W

OpenStreetMap ID

way 223680291

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

Wikidata ID

Q13129033

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In Other Languages

“Hen Gaer” goes by many names.

Welsh: “Hen Gaer”

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Highlights include Hen Gaer and Allt Ddel.

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