Tre’r Ceiri – A Spectacular Iron Age Hillfort
Tre'r Ceiri is one of the most impressive and best-preserved hillforts in Britain. It stands atop a steeply-sloping site containing a substantial Early Bronze Age burial cairn.
The hillfort is encircled by a formidable single rampart which still stands up to 3.5m high in places. It is broken by two main gateways and three 'posterns' or minor gateways.
It is a hillfort
Tre’r Ceiri is a hillfort in north Wales. It is one of the best preserved Iron Age forts in the UK, and it is a great place to visit.
During the Iron Age, a time when people in Britain were using iron tools and weapons, many people lived in settlements called hillforts. These settlements were on higher ground because it made it easier to defend them against attacks from other tribes. These settlements had ditches that...