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Moel Fenlli

Denbighshire, Wales ยท Atlas WA2954

Moel Fenlli is a partial contour fort in Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd, Denbighshire, Wales.

Other names on the record: Foel Fenlli.

It is recorded as extant, with a bivallate rampart form, surface evidence of earthen bank and counterscarp bank, and an enclosed area of 9.5 hectares.

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

The topographic record places it on a hilltop, at 511 m, and facing west.

Recorded land use includes heather moorland.

Dating evidence is recorded (Artefactual).

A scheduled monument number is recorded (DE009).

Location

Atlas number
WA2954 (2954)
Country
Wales
Current county or unitary authority
Denbighshire
Historic county
Denbighshire
Parish, community, or townland
Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd
National Grid reference
SJ1632060080
Latitude
53.13127
Longitude
-3.25218
Altitude
511 m

Form and condition

Type
partial contour fort
Condition
Extant
Morphology
bivallate
Complete rampart circuit
Yes
Number of ramparts
2
Number of ditches
2
Possible original entrances
1
Breaks through the ramparts
2
Enclosed area
9.5 ha
Enclosing works, as visible
earthen bank and counterscarp bank
Also recorded
ditches
Entrance forms
In-turned (West); Outworks (West)

Landscape

Topographic position
hilltop
Aspect
west
Land use
heather moorland
Water source
spring

Dating

Dating
undated
Dating evidence
Artefactual
Dating reliability
D - None

Interior and investigation

Interior surface
curvilinear platforms and quarry hollows
Finds
pottery
Investigations
Other (2012); Excavation (1840-1849); 1st Identified Map Depiction (1872-1874); Excavation (1960-1969); Other (2006-2011)

Identifiers

Scheduled monument number
DE009
HER
Clwyd Powys 102311
National record
record SJ 16 SE; monument 96522
Wikidata
Q31118759

Sources

References

  1. Brown, I. 2004. Discovering a Welsh landscape. Archaeology in the Clwydian Range, Oxford: Windgather Press.
  2. Burnham, H. 1995. A guide to ancient and historic Wales, London: HMSO, 59-61.
  3. Davies, Canon Ellis 1929. The Prehistoric and Roman remains of Denbighshire, Cardiff: William Lewis, 183-6, 228.
  4. Driver,T. 2011. The Hillforts, In ed Mrowiec, H., Heather and Hillforts of the Clwydian Range and Llantysilio Mountains, Ruthin: Heather and Hillforts Partnership Board, Denbighshire County Council.
  5. Wynne Ffoulkes, Rev. W. 1850. Castra Clwydiana No. I. Moel Fenlli, Arch Camb, New Series, I, 81-9.
  6. Davies, Canon Ellis 1929. The Prehistoric and Roman remains of Denbighshire, Cardiff: William Lewis, 183-6, 228.