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Also known as Tredegar Fort and locally as The Gollars.
This is a large Iron Age fort on the western side of the city of Newport and is a noticeable feature which is clearly visible when approaching Newport from Cardiff on the M4 Motorway.

It is bounded on the west and the south by the River Ebbw and a railway line. On the eastern side, 1930s housing encroaches almost to the summit and it is also bordered by a 1950s housing estate.

With a summit at 91 metres and much of the adjacent land at about sea level, there are extensive views of the surrounding area and across the Severn Estuary towards England.

A local historian has written “Around the fairly flat top there is room for a sizeable encampment to be laid out, with an impregnable line of ditches and embankments encircling the slopes. A panoramic view in all directions allowed ample warning of danger and there was easy access to thick forests teeming with game and to the crystal clear, salmon-rich waters of the River Ebbw that flowed round the south western base.” (The History of the Borough of Newport. Haydn Davis)