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Moel y Gaer Camp is a Iron Age hillfort situated on high ground in Flintshire, North Wales. The site is defined by substantial defensive earthworks comprising an outer bank and ditch system that enclose the hilltop, characteristic of the fortified settlements established during the Iron Age period. The fortification would have served as a defended settlement and territorial stronghold, reflecting the social and military organisation of Iron Age communities in north Wales. Moel y Gaer remains an important example of prehistoric defensive architecture in the region and is protected as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under Welsh heritage legislation.
Moel y Gaer Camp is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference FL011. View the official record →
Moel y Gaer Camp is a Iron Age hillfort situated on high ground in Flintshire, North Wales. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference FL011.
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.
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 FL011.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ministry of Supply Valley Site (3.2 km), Rhual-Isaf Round Barrow (4.3 km), The Bailey Hill, Mold (5.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Moel y Gaer Camp's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Moel y Gaer Camp stands on Bowland High Group And Craven Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.