Garn Boduan

{{Short description|Celtic pre Roman hillfort in north Wales}}

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{{infobox mountain

|name = Garn Boduan

|elevation_m = 279

|prominence_m = 172

|location = Llŷn Peninsula, Wales

|range = Snowdonia and Llyn Peninsula

|listing = Marilyn

}}

{{Infobox military installation

|name = Garn Boduan

|image = Garn Boduan 276310.jpg

|caption = Stone hut circles on Garn Boduan

|location = Gwynedd, Wales, UK

|pushpin_map = Wales Gwynedd

|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Wales Gwynedd

|gridref = {{gbmappingsmall|SH311393}}

|coordinates = {{Coord|52.9247|-4.5141|display=inline,title}}

}}

Garn Boduan is an Iron Age hillfort and hill near Nefyn, on the Llŷn Peninsula in Wales.

In a survey in the 1950s the traces of over 170 round houses were identified on this site, and around 100 round houses are still visible on the ground.[http://www.rhiw.com/y_pentra/llyn_to_do/llyn_walks/garn_boduan/garn_boduan.htm Garn Boduan], Rhiw.com Between 100 and 400 people may have lived in this fort.{{cite web|title=Hillforts in Iron Age Wales|url=http://www.worldtimelines.org.uk/world/british_isles/wales/800BC-AD43/hillforts|publisher=World Timelines|accessdate=29 November 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101227184606/http://worldtimelines.org.uk/world/british_isles/wales/800BC-AD43/hillforts|archivedate=27 December 2010}} The lower stone rampart is the original defence built in the Iron Age.{{cite web| url=http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/wales/archive/bbc-north-west-wales-celts.pdf| website=downloads.bbc.co.uk| title= north West Wales}} At a later date, perhaps in the 6th/7th century AD, a smaller rampart was built on the eastern side.