Qualla: Caer y Twr https://qualla.com/caer-y-twr en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:13 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Caer y Twr https://qualla.com/caer-y-twr Caer y Twr: Introduction https://qualla.com/caer-y-twr/ The Welsh name means Fort of the Pile -- or of the Heap -- because that is what most of it has become. Caer y Twr sits on the summit of Holyhead Mountain, the highest natural point on Anglesey at 220 metres above the Irish Sea, and from its tumbled ramparts you can see the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland on a clear day, the Llyn Peninsula across Caernarfon Bay, and the long curve of Anglesey itself stretched out to the east. The fort was built in the Iron Age, sometime in the last few centuries BC. Then the Romans came up and used it, building a stone tower among the older defences sometime between the second and fourth centuries to watch the western sea for Irish raiders. Then the empire withdrew, the tower fell, and the wind began the work that has been continuing ever since.

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]]> Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/k/x/caer-y-twr-wp/gckx-caer-y-twr-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Caer y Twr: The Iron Age Choice https://qualla.com/caer-y-twr/ The people who built Caer y Twr made a choice with a sweep of view few defensive positions in Britain can match. The summit of Holyhead Mountain is the western lookout of north Wales -- a granite knob rising from a coastal plain, with cliffs dropping toward South Stack on one sid...

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]]> Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/k/x/caer-y-twr-wp/gckx-caer-y-twr-the-iron-age-choice.mp3 0:06 2 full Caer y Twr: The Walls Today https://qualla.com/caer-y-twr/ Most of Caer y Twr is now rubble. The walls have collapsed and weathered for two thousand years. But the line of the defences is still legible. On the north and east sides, a large stone rampart survives -- reaching three metres at its highest point, faced with carefully placed s...

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]]> Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/k/x/caer-y-twr-wp/gckx-caer-y-twr-the-walls-today.mp3 0:06 3 full Caer y Twr: The Huts Below https://qualla.com/caer-y-twr/ Below the summit, on the slope at the eastern foot of the mountain, lies a group of hut circles called Cytiau Ty Mawr -- the Holyhead Mountain Hut Circles, or sometimes the Irishmen's Huts in local English. These are mostly third and fourth century -- contemporary with the late R...

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]]> Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/k/x/caer-y-twr-wp/gckx-caer-y-twr-the-huts-below.mp3 0:06 4 full Caer y Twr: The Path Up https://qualla.com/caer-y-twr/ Caer y Twr is reached by a footpath that climbs from the RSPB visitor centre at South Stack, on the western edge of Holyhead Mountain, or from the lower car park to the south. The walk is steep in places but not technical. The summit takes about an hour to reach from the car park...

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