Gilwern Hill, Radnorshire
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Gilwern Hill is a hill of 1,436 ft about three miles south-east of Llandrindod Wells in Radnorshire.
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Geology
The hill is composed from a range of lower and middle Ordovician volcaniclastic rocks which form a part of the Builth Inlier. 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 six feet high, at one end.[2]
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Outside links
- Location map: 52°12’55"N, 3°19’13"W
