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Penparcau history
Pen Dinas is the largest Iron Age hillfort in Ceredigion. Estimated to have been first built around 400 BC. People have lived in and around Penparcau for over two thousand years.
Mesolithic
There is evidence that during the Mesolithic Age the area of Tan-y-Bwlch at the foot of Pen Dinas (Penparcau) was used as a flint knapping floor for hunter-gatherers making weapons from flint that was deposited as the ice retreated.
Bronze and Iron Ages
A Bronze Age standing stone is also referenced as being in Penparcau in the Ceredigion County History (Volume 1) and the Dyfed Archaeological records. The remains of a medieval ringfort believed to be the castle from which Princess Nest was abducted is now on private land.
Modern History
Pen Dinas is now more popular as a tourist attraction for walkers and used in a more sedate manner for paragliding. A distinctive memorial to the Duke of Wellington in the shape of an upturned cannon was built on the hilltop in 1852. In the 18th century, smuggling was a key part of the economy, with tea, salt, rum and tobacco being smuggled into the local area.
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