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Prehistoric · Hillfort

Moel-y-Gaer Camp

Denbighshire, Wales
Cadw SAM DE010
Period
Prehistoric
Site type
Hillfort
Broad class
Defence
Nation
Wales
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Moel-y-Gaer Camp is a prehistoric hillfort located in Denbighshire, Wales, situated on elevated ground that commands views across the surrounding landscape. The site is defined by substantial defensive earthworks comprising banks and ditches that enclose an irregular area, typical of Iron Age fortified settlements in Wales. Dating to the Iron Age period, the fort represents an important example of the permanent or semi-permanent defended settlements that characterised hillforts across upland Wales during the later prehistory. The site's strategic position and scale of fortification suggest it served both defensive and administrative functions within its local community.

Moel-y-Gaer Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference DE010. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Moel-y-Gaer Camp?

Moel-y-Gaer Camp is a prehistoric hillfort located in Denbighshire, Wales, situated on elevated ground that commands views across the surrounding landscape. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference DE010.

What period does Moel-y-Gaer Camp date from?

Moel-y-Gaer Camp dates from the prehistoric period, and is classified as a hillfort. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.

Who is responsible for protecting Moel-y-Gaer Camp?

Moel-y-Gaer Camp is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is DE010.

What other scheduled monuments are near Moel-y-Gaer Camp?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cefn Coch Tumulus (4.9 km), Ffynogion Moated Site (5.9 km), Plas-newydd Romano-British temple cropmark (6.1 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Cefn Coch Tumulus
Prehistoric · Round Barrow4.9 km
Ffynogion Moated Site
Medieval · Moated Site5.9 km
Plas-newydd Romano-British temple cropmark
Roman · Temple6.1 km
Moel Llech Round Barrow
Prehistoric · Round Barrow6.2 km
Tyn-y-Mynydd Round Barrow
Prehistoric · Round Barrow6.2 km
Coed Henblas Moated Site
Medieval · Moated Site6.5 km
Moel y Plas Round Barrow
Prehistoric · Round Barrow6.6 km
Tomen y Faerdre Castle Mound
Medieval · Motte7.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Moel-y-Gaer Camp

Moel-y-Gaer Camp stands on Ludlow Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ludlow. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

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