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Moel y Gaer, Llantysilio
53.0081° N, -3.2428° E
About
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. 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.
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Topographic survey
December 2006–January 2007
Geophysical survey
2009
Archaeological excavation
2010
Archaeological Features
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Defensive Structures
Domestic and Habitation Structures
Environmental and Natural Features
Transportation and Communication Structures
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