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Pen-y-Crug Hillfort Summit

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Pen-y-Crug Hillfort Summit

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Pen-y-Crug Hillfort Summit

Recommended by 42 hikers out of 43

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Please check local regulations for: Bannau Brycheiniog National Park

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Location: Yscir, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom

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1. Afon Honddu & Pen y Crug loop from Brecon — Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park

8.57km

02:26

180m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Brecon Castle – Pen-y-Crug Hillfort Summit loop from Brecon

11.7km

03:18

230m

Intermediate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Brecon Castle – Pen-y-Crug Hillfort Summit loop from Brecon

6.71km

01:58

190m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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David Howells

November 6, 2020

Pen-y-crug is our local little gem of a hill here on the outskirts of Brecon. It is commonly referred to locally as simply 'The Crug' (pronounced cree-g). The Welsh name signifies 'top of the mound'. Its slopes are moderately gentle on three sides; only to the west do they steepen somewhat. Its broad, trig-pointed, adorned summit at 331m has stunning views and overlooks the River Usk valley to the south, along with the glorious outlines of Pen y Fan and the central Brecon Beacons range. To the southeast are panoramic views over Brecon, while to the east are the Black Mountains. It is a veritable gem of a place; it is a super example of an iron-age multivallate hillfort, it has a trig point, and it simply has the best views in the whole Usk valley.

Zoe Evans

July 27, 2022

Pen y Crug walk is Located in Brecon. Standing on the summit of a prominent hill above the Usk Valley, Pen-y-Crug is one of the most impressive hillforts in the Brecon Beacons National Park, with views of the town of Brecon and the surrounding mountain ranges.
At a height of 331m on the Crug, a hill just outside Brecon. During the Iron Age, about 2000 years ago, Pen-y-Crug would have been a very busy place, where people lived, worked, farmed and traded.
In the 18th and 19th centuries, areas of the Crug was occupied by a brick and tile works, and worked as a tile quarry; old quarry workings and clay pits, trackways and kilns indicate the Crug was a locally important industrial site. Today the site is situated on common land and is owned and managed by the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority.

Zoe Evans

August 15, 2023

Pen y Crug walk, Brecon
Standing on the summit of a prominent hill above the Usk Valley, Pen-y-Crug is one of the most impressive hillforts in the Brecon Beacons National Park, with views of the town of Brecon and the surrounding mountain ranges.

It can be found at a height of 331m on the Crug, a hill just outside Brecon. During the Iron Age, about 2000 years ago, Pen-y-Crug would have been a very busy place, where people lived, worked, farmed and traded.
In the 18th and 19th centuries, areas of the Crug was occupied by a brick and tile works, and worked as a tile quarry; old quarry workings and clay pits, trackways and kilns indicate the Crug was a locally important industrial site. Today the site is situated on common land and is owned and managed by the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority.

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Location: Yscir, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom

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Pen-y-Crug Hillfort Summit

1. Afon Honddu & Pen y Crug loop from Brecon — Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park

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