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Moel y Gaer, Bodfari

Denbighshire, Wales · Atlas WA1217

Moel y Gaer, Bodfari is a partial contour fort in Bodfari, Denbighshire, Wales.

Other names on the record: Moel-y-Gaer, Bodfari.

It is recorded as extant, with a partial univallate and partial bivallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank and counterscarp bank, and an enclosed area of 1.8 hectares.

Banks or ramparts are the remains most likely to be visible.

The topographic record places it on a hilltop, at 206 m, and facing west.

Recorded land use includes pasture and scrub or bracken.

Dating evidence is recorded for 400 BC–AD 50 (Morphology/Earthwork/Typology). Reliability is recorded as B - Medium.

A scheduled monument number is recorded (FL073).

Location

Atlas number
WA1217 (1217)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Denbighshire
Historic county
Flintshire
Parish, community, or townland
Bodfari
National Grid reference
SJ09527080
Latitude
53.22650
Longitude
-3.35682
Altitude
206 m

Form and condition

Type
partial contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
partial univallate and partial bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
No
Number of ramparts
2
Ramparts by quadrant
NE 1, SE 1, SW 2, NW 2
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
2
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
1.8 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and counterscarp bank
Enclosing works, excavated
stone wall
Also recorded
multi-period enclosure system and ditches
Entrance forms
In-turned (North); Simple Gap (West)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
west
Land use
pasture and scrub or bracken

Dating

Dating
400 BC–AD 50
Dating evidence
Morphology/Earthwork/Typology
Dating reliability
B - Medium

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
other roundhouse evidence and quarry hollows
Interior excavation
pits, roundhouses, and quarry hollows
Investigations
Excavation (1908); LiDAR Survey (2011); Geophysical Survey (2011); Earthwork Survey (2011); Other (2012); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1885-1900); Excavation (2012-None)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
FL073
HER
Clwyd Powys 57565
National record
record SJ 07 SE 6; monument 306682
Wikidata
Q31118737

Sources

References

  1. Davies, Canon Ellis 1949. The prehistoric and Roman remains of Flintshire, Cardiff: William Lewis.
  2. Lock, G. and Pouncett, J. 2012. MOEL-Y-GAER HILLFORT, Bodfari, Denbighshire, SJ 0950 7080. Archaeoleg yng Nghymru, Archaeol Wales, 51, 142-45.
  3. Lock, G. and Pouncett, J. 2014. Excavation in 2012 and 2013 at Moel y Gaer, Bodfari, Denbighshire, SJ 095 708. Archaeoleg yng Nghymru, Archaeol Wales, 53, 83-97.
  4. Stapleton, P. 1909. Exploration of Moel-y-Gaer, Bodfari Arch Camb, 6th Series, IX, 232-38.