Castell Bryn Gwyn is a prehistoric site on the Isle of Anglesey, west of Brynsiencyn. It is a circular clay and gravel bank covered with grass, still some 1.5 metres (5') high and revetted externally by stone walls, which surround a level area some 54 metres (177') in diameter. Its name means "White Hill Castle".[citation needed]
Location | Anglesey, Wales |
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Region | Great Britain |
Coordinates | 53°10′42″N 4°17′52″W / 53.1784°N 4.2978°W |
Type | enclosure |
Width | 64m |
Height | 1.5m |
History | |
Material | clay, gravel, dry stone |
Founded | end Neolithic |
Periods | Neolithic, Iron Age, Roman |
Site notes | |
Management | Cadw |
Public access | Yes |
The original use of this site is uncertain although it may have been a religious sanctuary. Later Neolithic pottery indicates use in this period, and it may have been a henge monument at this time. The earliest bank and ditch belong to the end of the neolithic period (2500-2000 BC).[1][2][3]
During the Iron Age, the present wall was built, and it was rebuilt in Roman times and later.[4]
Car parking is minimal but the site is accessible from the A4080 by a footpath. Another path follows the low ridge, southwest over stiles to the Bryn Gwyn stones, or northeast, past the site of the former stone circle of Tre'r Dryw Bach, some ½ mile (800 metres) to Caer Lêb where it meets a minor road with limited car parking space.[citation needed]
53°10′42″N 4°17′53″W / 53.178349°N 4.297933°W