Moel y Gaer | |
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Type | hillfort |
Location | Denbighshire, Wales |
Coordinates | 53°00′29″N 3°14′34″W / 53.0081°N 3.2428°W |
OS grid reference | SJ 16705 46365 |
Elevation | 504 metres (1,654 ft) |
Official name | Moel y Gaer, Cefn |
Reference no. | DE126 |
Community | Bryneglwys |
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]