Moel y Gaer, Llantysilio

Moel y Gaer
Moel y Gaer, Llantysilio
Typehillfort
LocationDenbighshire, Wales
Coordinates53°00′29″N 3°14′34″W / 53.0081°N 3.2428°W / 53.0081; -3.2428
OS grid referenceSJ 16705 46365
Elevation504 metres (1,654 ft)
Official nameMoel y Gaer, Cefn
Reference no.DE126
CommunityBryneglwys
Moel y Gaer, Llantysilio is located in Denbighshire
Moel y Gaer, Llantysilio
Location in Denbighshire

Moel y Gaer (Welsh for "bald hill of the fortress") is an Iron Age hillfort on a summit of Llantysilio Mountain, northwest of the town of Llangollen, Denbighshire, Wales. The site is a scheduled monument classified as a prehistoric defensive hillfort.[1]

The hillfort is also protected and managed as part of the Heather and Hillforts Project. The project includes six hillforts: the four most southerly of the hillforts in the Clwydian Range (Penycloddiau, Moel Arthur, Moel y Gaer Llanbedr, and Moel Fenlli), this hillfort and Caer Drewyn.[2]

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