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Moel y Gaer, Llanbedr
53.1461° N, -3.2744° E
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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. The site is a scheduled monument, classified as a prehistoric defensive hillfort. 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.
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W. Wynne-Ffoulkes investigation
1849
Topographic survey for Heather and Hillforts Project
2007
Archaeology Uncovered geophysical survey
2008
Bangor University excavations
2009
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