Hill fort

Places of Interest Nearby

St Mary the Virgin Church

Ruins

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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.

Caerau Hillfort

Archaeological site

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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. Caerau Hillfort is situated 730 feet southwest of Hill fort.

Ysgol Gymraeg Nant Caerau

School

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Ysgol Gymraeg Nant Caerau is a school, which is situated 2,100 feet northwest of Hill fort.

Places in the Area

Ely

Suburb

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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

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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 Hill fort.

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