Moel-y-Gaer Camp | |
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Type | hillfort |
Location | Denbighshire, Wales |
Coordinates | 53°08′46″N 3°16′28″W / 53.1461°N 3.2744°W |
OS grid reference | SJ 1490 6175 |
Elevation | 320 metres (1,050 ft) |
Official name | Moel-y-Gaer Camp |
Reference no. | DE010 |
Community | Llanbedr-Dyffryn-Clwyd |
Moel y Gaer (Welsh for "bald hill of the fortress"), also known as Moel-y-Gaer Camp or Moel y Gaer Hillfort, is an Iron Age hillfort located on a western spur of the Clwydian Range, near the village of Llanbedr, Denbighshire, Wales.[1][2] The site is a scheduled monument, classified as a prehistoric defensive hillfort.[1]
The hillfort is one of a chain of six hillforts in the Clwydian Range, which are, from north to south, Moel Hiraddug, Moel y Gaer Bodfari, Penycloddiau, Moel Arthur, Moel y Gaer Llanbedr, and Moel Fenlli.[3]
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