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Caer y Twr

Caer y Twr

Caer y Twr (Welsh: Tower Fortress) was a Roman-era hillfort atop the summit of the Holyhead Mountain in Anglesey, Wales.
The hillfort, which is situated among rocky outcrops, is ideally placed for defense and likely served as a watchtower and possibly as a signal tower. Some have speculated that it was built to alert a small fort situated in the town of Holyhead in the case of raiders coming in from the Irish Sea, while others have suggested that it may have been a lighthouse.
The hillfort is now mostly rubble, but its walls can still be made out, including a large stone rampart on the north and east sides which reaches 3 meters at points. The entrance to the fort was through a rocky gully. The footings of a tower were discovered when the site was excavated; its stones are believed to date from the second century to the fourth century.
Nestled below Caer y Twr is a group of several enclosed huts, named Ty Mawr, that also date from the third to the fourth centuries, some of which still contain the accoutrements of life, such as hearths and shelves.