Moel y Gaer (Llanbedr Dyffryn-Clwyd)

Also known as:
Moel-y-Gaer, Moel Famau
Nearest town:
Ruthin (5km SW)
OS reference:
SJ147618
OS sheet:
116
Latitude:
53° 8' 46.23 N
Longitude:
3° 16' 31.82 W
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Image of Moel y Gaer (Llanbedr Dyffryn-Clwyd) (Hillfort) by GLADMAN

Eastern flank, highlighting the additional defences screening the ‘easiest approach’... and the significant descent required for those approaching from the ridgeline above; Moel Famau, a very popular destination for ramblers, can be seen shrouded in mist.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Nov 18, 2016
Image of Moel y Gaer (Llanbedr Dyffryn-Clwyd) (Hillfort) by GLADMAN

Viewed from the ridge to approx south-east.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Nov 18, 2016
Image of Moel y Gaer (Llanbedr Dyffryn-Clwyd) (Hillfort) by GLADMAN

Northern flank, looking west(ish) – I think.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Nov 17, 2016
Image of Moel y Gaer (Llanbedr Dyffryn-Clwyd) (Hillfort) by GLADMAN

Emerging from the cloud base to approx east the hill fort proved an arresting sight.... in retrospect it’s probably less arduous to climb up from the valley floor.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Nov 17, 2016
Image of Moel y Gaer (Llanbedr Dyffryn-Clwyd) (Hillfort) by thesweetcheat

Moel y Gaer, lit up by the afternoon sunshine, seen from the SE.

Image credit: A. Brookes (12.9.2010)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Sep 25, 2010
Image of Moel y Gaer (Llanbedr Dyffryn-Clwyd) (Hillfort) by postman

The hill from a ground level field, next to my car.

Image credit: Chris Bickerton
postman
postman Aug 27, 2007

Articles

Moel y Gaer (Llanbedr Dyffryn-Clwyd)

Denbighshire Hill fort 'far older than first thought'

moss
moss Sep 3, 2009

ARCHEOLOGISTS have unearthed evidence that a hill fort in Denbighshire is more than 3,000 years old.

An excavation of Moel y Gaer in Llanbedr, which sits on a spur off the Clwydian Range, has uncovered Iron Age remains.

But experts say parts of the site could be older than first thought after samples of metal slag and dry stone facing suggest they may date back to the Bronze Age (2,300 BC to 700 BC).

The investigation is being jointly carried out by Bangor University and Denbighshire’s Heather and Hillforts Project and new evidence indicates the possibility of earlier entrance at the hillfort.

Professor Raimund Karl, the university’s head of school and professor of archaeology and heritage, said: “We have recovered some quite substantial charcoal samples so we can try to arrange carbon dating, which should hopefully narrow down our dating range for the construction of the rampart.

“I consider the dig to have been a great success.”

Taken from The Daily Post....

dailypost.co.uk/new[...]-first-thought-55578-24585279/

[Moss, I have attached your news to this particular Moel Y Gaer as the grid reference seems to match the one you provided. If it’s still incorrect please say.
TMA Ed.]

Moel y Gaer (Llanbedr Dyffryn-Clwyd)

postman
postman Aug 27, 2007

We parked on the grass near two gates on the lane up to the hill . It was a long walk up but well worth it the views are awsome. Unlike the other forts round here (theres about 6)it isn’t on the highest ground but is on a hilltop surrounded by mountains .Entrances are on the west and east , west goes down onto the vale ,east goes up into the mountains.
There are three sets of ramparts, up here away from agriculture the defences are well preserved.
Two thousand years ago, on the valley floor these fortified mountains must have been far more than intimidating, I wonder if the palisades were painted, for that final scary touch
no-one could move a muscle round here without being seen from somewhere.

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