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Name:Pen y Gaer
Hill number:14476
Height:385m / 1263ft
Parent (Ma):1965  Carnedd Llewelyn
RHB Section:30B: Snowdonia
Nuttall/Wainwright area:The Carneddau
County/UA:Conwy
Catchment:Conwy
Class:Tump (300-399m)
(Tu,3)
Grid ref:SH 74990 69319
Summit feature:large cairn
Drop:35m
Col:350m  SH746692  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 115
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 52 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all)ByDate of Ascent
Bwlch y ddeufaen up Drum with Lo and DomIam_JoshEdwards14/10/2023
Cairn much larger than when Jon rebuilt it.Dusty13/09/2023
https://strava.app.link/Ra3Ww3MORAbJohn22/06/2023
full QMD in foul weather from Llyn Eigiau car park Melynllyn, Dulyn 700 m countour Cwm Bychan, Pen y Castell, Penygadair Pen y gaer fort return swunderhill02/02/2023
5/5 (Bryn Mawr/Braich Lusog/Foel Ddu/Mynydd Garthmyn/Pen-y-Gaer)Fergalh10/10/2022
Good parking area on Bwlch-y-gaer at end of metalled road at 744693 - S. along track for about 100m, over ladder stile & then good path which crosses a stile before heading up through the ramparts to the summit cairn.gerrybowes06/10/2022
Parked at Bwlch y Gaer, went first to Pen y Gaer, where there is a great hillfort, and them to Penygadair. 1 hour 3 mins, 2.45 miles.clivevilla25/01/2022
Parked at Bwlch y Gaer.mad max02/10/2021
Out and back from the parking area at Bwlch-y-gaer. Good viewpoint.PGCE16/08/2021
With Emlyn. Parked at Bwlch y Gaer.PeteF24/03/2019
From pub car park in Tal-y-bontderrymark16/02/2019
Solo. Descent from Drum, On to Tal y Fan.Aimless Rambler28/08/2017
From Bwlch Y Ddeufaen. Pen Y Cydgoed, Foel-Ganol, Yr Orsedd, Carnedd Y Ddelw, Drum, Pen Y Castell, Penygadair and Pen Y Gaer. Lovely day, warm and windy!!Alunrees3322/05/2017
With Mrs G on Nuttall's 1.3 walk. Damp day, but rain only intermittent. Dismantled summit cairn to reveal the trig bolt. Cairn rebuilt doughnut-style to keep bolt visible.jonglew14/09/2015
Added to Nuttalls walk 1.3, with Lindsay, Steve and FrankCrib Goch24/04/2015
Nuttall walk 1.3 plus others with Martin, Frank ,Steve and BrianLou24/04/2015
With Martin, Lindsay & Steve visiting Tal y Fan, Foel Lwyd, Carnedd y Ddelw, Drum, Pen y Castell, Penygadair & finishing on the hill fort of Pen y Gaer. Dry, but cloudy for most of the day.knarf24/04/2015
From 743693. Slight deviation on route to Foel FrasJamesD197217/04/2015
Roman hill fort thingTizz03/05/2014
From NW. Nice rocky summit, quite large cairn.RHW23/03/2014
Visited after climbing Drum and Foel Fras. Interesting and good views over Conwy EstuaryJohnIvor27/05/2011
KeithByTheC17/04/2007
Roadside parking on minor road near Cae Coch Farm at SH 73120 71470. Tal y Fan - Foel Leyd - Carnedd y Ddelw - Drum - Pen y Castell - Pen y Gaer.David Gradwell18/01/2004
with Pen y Castell and Penygadair Galltywenallt23/05/1999
At the end of a big E. Carneddau walk, it was good to have time to visit this bronze age hill fort top. Double walled and impressive. A superb viewpoint, particularly satisfying today as the view was of the mountains and hills we'd been on for 7.5 h. See Foel Grach log for route/ summits visited.pwheeler16/02/1999
Martin R10/08/2023
Alan Caine15/04/2023
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KirstyWeyman14/10/2020
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Swindon Bagger28/05/2017
Ben Lowery29/12/2016
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Rob5015/09/2015
Matt07/08/2015
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Ron Rees Davies01/05/2013
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