Breidden Fort

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A major ancient hillfort atop Breidden Hill in Powys, Wales. The fortifications once enclosed some 28 da, but they are poorly preserved today. Much of the site has been obliterated by the quarry on the west end of the hill. It was therefore the subject of rescue archaeology in 1969-1976. The Breidden hillfort was large enough to accommodate a town and seems to have formed part of a complex of settlements, together with the forts atop Middletown and Bausley Hills and the New Pieces settlement just beneath Breidden Hill. The Breidden hillfort has been proposed as the site of Caer Faddon of early Welsh literature (known to be somewhere near and north of Rhyd-y-Groes and perhaps distinct from Beacon Ring), and as a candidate for the Mount Badon associated with King Arthur.

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