Gilwern Hill, Powys
Introduction View looking across Gilwern Hill from the west'''Gilwern Hill''' is a hill about 3 mi / 5 km southeast of Llandrindod Wells in the county of Powys, Wales.
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
Stone rows There are two prehistoric stone rows at the southern end of the hill, each with a large stone, more than 2m high, at one end.
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