Porth-y-Rhaw
Porth-y-Rhaw is an Iron Age promontory fort , south of Nine Wells, east of St Davids in Pembrokeshire in Wales . These section fortifications are mostly on the coast and are also known as cap, cliff or coastal fort (German: cape, cliff or coastal fort).
Promontory Fort Porth-y-Rhaw, which ends at a point in the sea, sits high above the sea on a headland overlooking Porth-y-Rhaw Bay. Excavations of part of the complex in the late 1990s showed that the place was used from the 1st to the 4th century AD and that iron, bronze (furnace and crucible fragments) and glass processing took place here. Human remains were found in eight round huts.
The pottery consists of shards of black polished ware, Samian ware ( Terra Sigillata from Gaul ) and mortars. Different colored glass beads indicate glass bead production. Evidence of an earlier phase of the fort's use was not found.
Nearby are the ruins of the Porth y Rhaw Corn mill. The Pembrokeshire Coast Path passes the courses.
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Coordinates: 51 ° 52 '20.5 " N , 5 ° 12' 58.1" W.