Caerau Hillfort
Cardiff, Wales
Caerau Hillfort is a castle in Cardiff, Wales. It is a scheduled monument. The nearest other castle is St Fagans Castle, 1.6 mi away.
Caerau Hillfort at a glance
Type
Castle
Heritage status
scheduled monument
Nearest castle
St Fagans Castle
1.6 mi away
Castles in Cardiff
10
Wales
About Caerau Hillfort
Caerau Hillfort (Welsh: Bryngaer Caerau) 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. It is the largest Iron Age site of its type in south Wales and also one of the largest in Great Britain.
From the Wikipedia article on Caerau Hillfort, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Caerau Hillfort sits at 51.4675, -3.2484 in Cardiff. The closest other castles are St Fagans Castle (1.6 mi), Tudor Trader House (1.9 mi) and Bishop's Palace, Llandaff (2.3 mi). Cardiff has 10 castles in all.
