page_title: Mynydd y Gaer
hierarchical_section_title: Mynydd y Gaer
caption_attribution_description: English: Byway leading towards Mynydd y Gaer
context_page_description: Mynydd y Gaer is a 295-metre-high hill in Bridgend County Borough in South Wales. The summit is crowned by a trig point.
  It is reputed to be the site of Caradoc's fortress who in the first century AD resisted the Roman invasion of the Silures territories around 48-50 AD.
  There is a Caer Caradoc tumulus at the eastern end of the mynydd which is still displayed on the OS maps that is, according to local legend, the burial place of Caradoc.
  Nearby are the burial mounds of Meurig and Athwr II who resisted the Saxons in the 6th century.
context_section_description: Mynydd y Gaer is a 295-metre-high hill in Bridgend County Borough in South Wales. The summit is crowned by a trig point.
  It is reputed to be the site of Caradoc's fortress who in the first century AD resisted the Roman invasion of the Silures territories around 48-50 AD. 
  There is a Caer Caradoc tumulus at the eastern end of the mynydd which is still displayed on the OS maps that is, according to local legend, the burial place of Caradoc.
  Nearby are the burial mounds of Meurig and Athwr II who resisted the Saxons in the 6th century.
caption: Eastern slopes of Mynydd y Gaer
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