Celtic Recipes

Castell-y-Bere. This Welsh castle was built by Llewellyn ap Iowerth in 1221 and gives commanding views over the Dysynni valley. It is situated on a rocky hill and has twin D shaped towers with the ruins of the chapel tower, stairs, walls and keep are also still visible. A year after Llewellyn ap Gruffydd's death the castle fell to Edward 1 in 1283 and was then burnt by Madog ap Llewellyn after which it was abandoned. The site is situated close to Llanfihangel-y-Pennant in the Meirionnydd area of Gwynedd in Wales.and is about two miles northwest of Aberglynolwyn, southwest of Dolgellau, off the B4405.

Castell Gwallter is located on a hill above the old village of Llandre (Welsh: Llanfihangel Genau'r Glyn) in northern Ceredigion, Wales, four miles northeast of Aberystwyth. It is an early twelfth century motte and bailey castle which seems to have been left to decay after the mid twelfth century. The mound and bailey can be seen and is protected by a ditch, although there does not appear to be any stone work remaining. The site is off the B4353 on private land (but can be viewed) about a mile west of Llandre, north of Aberystwyth.

This is an Iron Age hill fort about eight miles southeast from Aberystwyth and close to the town of Trawscoed. Trawscoed is by the B4575 and on the River Ystwyth It dates from about 70 AD. The fort is about 207 feet above sea level and was surrounded by a ditch of nearly ten feet in width and about three feet deep.

The hill of Pen Dinas and is the site of a Celtic Iron Age hill fort. Close by there is also a Bronze Age burial mound on the southern summit. There were originally two forts here that were then joined together making it an extensive site. The first of the forts to be built was on the northern lower summit and then a further one was built on higher ground to the south. The site is on the coast just south of the town of Aberystwyth above the village of Penparcau  in Ceredigion, Cymru.