Foel Fenlli

Foel Fenlli or Moel Fenlli is a hill in Denbighshire, North Wales [1]. With a summit at an elevation of 511 metres, it is the second highest peak of the Clwydian Range [1]. The remains of a hillfort roughly 25 acres in area are found on the peak [1]. According to later legend recorded in the Historia Brittonum the "iniquitous and tyrannical" king Benlli probably lived there c. 450 [1]. He was admonished for opposing Saint Germanus, and he and his castle were "consumed by fire from heaven", so the legend goes [1]. There are the remains of strong ramparts on all sides, with an entrance at the west end [1]. In the south-west quarter of the fort enclosure are about two dozen hut platforms; there is a spring close to the centre [1].