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Moel y Gaer Bodfari hillfort

Primary Reference Number (PRN) : 102154
Trust : Clwyd Powys
Community : Bodfari
Unitary authority : Denbighshire
NGR : SJ09507080
Site Type (preferred type first) : MULTIPERIOD HILLFORT
Status : scheduled monument

Description :
Multiple period site comprising of a hillfort of potentially Bronze Age origin and possible Roman occupation attested by small number of surface finds including a potentially non prehistoric stone quern which is now lost, some filint flakes, a Roman intaglio and a stone disc which is possibly a gaming piece.

Phase 1 of survey and excavations by University of Oxford which were carried out between 2011 and 2016.
Possibly constructed in a univallate form initially with later multivallate enhancements in the first half of the 4th century cal BC (Lock & Pouncett, 2016).

Sources :
Cadw , 1985 , Cadw Field Monument Wardens Report - Fl073(DEN)
Cadw , 2012 , Scheduled Monument consent letter ( © Cadw)
Cadw , 2013 , Scheduled Monument consent letter ( © Cadw)
Cadw , 2016 , Scheduled Monument consent letter
Cadw , 2017 , Scheduled Monument consent letter
Cadw , 2018 , Scheduled Monument consent letter
Camden, W , 1806 , title unknown - Moel y Gaer Bodfari hillfort
Clwyd Archaeology Service , Photograph of Moel y Gaer Bodfari hillfort
Clwyd Archaeology Service , 1982 , Site visit record - PRN102154
Clwyd Archaeology Service , 1983 , Site visit record - PRN102154
Clwyd Archaeology Service , 1988 , Site visit record - PRN102154
Clwyd Archaeology Service , 1993 , Site visit record - PRN102154
Davies, E., 1949 , The Prehistoric and Roman Remains of Flintshire
Forde-Johnston, J , 1965 , The Hillforts of the Clwyds , Archaeologia Cambrensis : 114 : 146-78
Forde-Johnston, J , 1965 , The Hillforts of the Clwyds , Archaeologia Cambrensis : 114 : 146-78
Grenter,S & Ablitt, J , Hillforts of the Clwydians
Lewis, S , 1842 , A Topographical Dictionary of Wales
Lhuyd, Edward , 1699 , Parochialia
Lock, G & Pouncett, J , 2016 , Survey and Excavation at Moel-y-Gaer Hillfort, Bodfari, Denbighshire: Phase 1: 2011-2016. ( © University of Oxford)
Lock, G., & Pouncett, J , 2011 , Moel-y-Gaer, Bodfari, Denbighshire: survey in 2011. ( © University of Oxford)
Lock, G., and various others , 2022 , Moel-y-Gaer (Bodfari) A small hillfort in Denbighshire, North Wales ( © )
Manley, J , 1984 , Mynydd Poeth, Cerrig y Drudion , Archaeology in Wales : 24 : 36-7
Manley, J F , 1984 , title unknown - Moel y Gaer Bodfari hillfort
Manley, J F , 1984 , An archaeological survey of Mynydd Poeth, Denbigh Moors
Mckenny Hughes , 1876-78 , Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries : 7 : 327
Ordnance Survey , 1966 , OS record card SJ 07 SE 6
Pennant, T , 1783 , A Tour in Wales
Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales , 1912 , Inventory of the Ancient Monuments in Wales and Monmouth II - County of Flintshire
Taylor, M V , 1922 , Roman Flintshire , Flintshire Historical Society Publications : 9 : 58-96

Events :
57563 : Moel y Gaer Bodfari hillfort, excavation 1908 (year : 1908)
144189 : Moel-y-Gaer hillfort, excavation & survey, 2011-2016 (year : 2011-2016)
150174 : Meol y Gaer Bodfari hillfort, assessment, 2011-2018 (year : 2012-2018)

Related records
CPAT Historic Environment Record (HER) 102154

Compiled date : 11-09-2015


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April 1, 2025, 6:14 pm - File produced for Archwilio from CPAT's Regional HER.
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