Foel Drygarn Hill Fort — Attraction in Wales

Foel Drygarn ("The hill of the three cairns") is an Iron Age hillfort, within which are three Bronze Age burial cairns. The site is about 1.5 miles (2 km) west of the village of Crymych in Pembrokeshire, Wales. It is a scheduled monument.

The hill, the furthest east of the Preseli Hills, can be seen from miles around, and the fort was probably an important centre in its time. An inner defence on the summit encloses 1.2 hectares (3.0 acres); outside this are defences built at later stages on the north and east side. Each are single ramparts of dry stone and earth; there are traces of a ditch outside the inner rampart.

Within the inner defence are three stone cairns, regarded as Bronze Age burial mounds. In the fort, there are at least 227 hut platforms. The remains represent a long period of occupation of the fort, and it is supposed that not all the dwellings were in use at the same time. Their builders evidently respected their Bronze Age predecessors, as the cairns were not plundered for the stone.

Sabine Baring-Gould, excavating the site in 1899, found Iron Age and Roman pottery, glass beads, and many...

Fabulous view from the top, one of our regular walks, (out of holiday season with my trusty canine,) keep your dogs on a lead if you're fit enough to do the walk to the top & clean up after them, as many sadly don't, there are mountain sheep grazing here, & furtther along Welsh mountain ponies. Also be careful parking your car on the layby & grass verge in front of it, there's limited parking, you can park for free in Crymych near the play park & Bro Preseli & walk from the Village. There's the lovely 'Cafe Blasus' on the corner to the car park & the Crymych Arms Pub & some lovely little independent shops there too, Ty Bach Twt, Bwyd y Byd & Siop Sian for Welsh gifts & wholefoods, a fabulous Butchers, Ken Davies, Parrys Pharmacy, Celia Vlismas Opticians, Crymych kebab shop, Philips Electrical, & Siop y Frenni for topping up with fuel. The car park also has electic car charge facilities. All in all everything you need in one village. Please dispose if your rubbish at home. Enjoy our...

I visited the old Fort for the first time since I was a toddler, and the views/scenery took my breath away. It is a steep trek up the hill, but the view at the top is absolutely stunning. We went up just before sunset, and had absolutely stunning views of the sun and the surroundings in the low light, it was really quite moving and beautiful. There are lots of trails that lead onwards from the fort, and you could easily continue onto the next hills. A great place to visit for some history and some...