Gilwern Hill, Powys
View looking across Gilwern Hill from the west
Gilwern Hill is a hill about 3 mi / 5 km southeast of Llandrindod Wells in the county of Powys, Wales.
Geology[]
The hill is composed from a range of lower and middle Ordovician volcaniclastic rocks which form a part of the . Palaeontologists Pete Lawrance and Brian Beveridge have spent 30 years examining fossils from a privately owned limestone quarry on the hill. Amongst fossils so far identified at this location are the trilobites Meadowtownella, Bettonolithus, Protolloydolithus and Anebolithus together with Conulariida, Iocrinus, Clonograptus and starfish[1]
Stone rows[]
There are two prehistoric stone rows at the southern end of the hill, each with a large stone, more than 2m high, at one end.[2]
References[]
- ^ Old as the Hills website
- ^ "Clwyd Powys Archaeological Trust: Prehistoric Funerary and Ritual Monuments in Radnorshire". Archived from the original on 2011-01-11. Retrieved 2010-07-22.
Categories:
- Paleontological sites of Europe
- Prehistoric sites in Wales
- Mountains and hills of Powys