High Pennard Camp

High Pennard Camp is an archaeological site in Ilston, Swansea, Wales. High Pennard Camp is situated nearby to the cliff Russian Zawn, as well as near the archaeological site Penmaen Burrows Megalith Chamber (Pen-y-crug).

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pennard Castle and Parc le Breos Chambered Tomb.

Pennard Castle

Castle

Photo: Graham Taylor, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Pennard Castle is a ruined castle, near the modern village of Pennard on the Gower Peninsula, in south Wales. The castle was built in the early 12th century as a timber ringwork following the Norman invasion of Wales. Pennard Castle is situated 3,600 feet northeast of High Pennard Camp.

Parc le Breos Chambered Tomb

Archaeological site

Photo: Daicaregos, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Parc Cwm long cairn, also known as Parc le Breos burial chamber, is a partly restored Neolithic chambered tomb, identified in 1937 as a Severn-Cotswold type of chambered long barrow. Parc le Breos Chambered Tomb is situated 1¼ miles north of High Pennard Camp.

Cefn Bryn

Peak

Photo: Matthew Hatton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cefn Bryn is an ancient ridge in Britain. It is a 5-mile-long Old Red Sandstone ridge in south Wales, in the heart of the Gower Peninsula, in the City and County of Swansea.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Penmaen and Parkmill.

Penmaen

Village

Photo: Peter Glyn, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Penmaen is a village.

Parkmill

Village

Parkmill is a village in the Gower Peninsula, South Wales, midway between the villages of Penmaen and Ilston, about eight miles west of Swansea, and about one mile from the north coast of the Bristol Channel.

Southgate

Village

Photo: ceridwen, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Southgate is a village in the community of Pennard on the Gower Peninsula, Swansea, Wales. It is also a community electoral ward for Pennard Community Council. The population in 2011 was 2,004, making up most of the population of the community.

High Pennard Camp

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Ilston, Swansea, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.57208° or 51° 34′ 20″ north

Longitude

-4.1166° or 4° 6′ 60″ west

Open location code

9C3QHVCM+R9

OpenStreetMap ID

way 714942605

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Russian Zawn and Penmaen Burrows Megalith Chamber (Pen-y-crug).

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