Moel Arthur

Moel Arthur is an Iron Age hillfort in Flintshire, Wales, at the boundary with Denbighshire, about 5 miles east of Denbigh [1]. It is on a prominent hill, height 455.8 metres, in the Clwydian Range; it overlooks the Vale of Clwyd to the west [1]. The oval fort is about 160 metres north–south and 140 metres east–west, enclosing an area of 1.8 hectares [1]. There are two large banks and ditches to the north, where the hill slope is not steep; above the steep south-west, south and east slopes there is a single bank [1]. At the north-east, at the edge of the steeper slopes, there is a narrow inturned entrance with an oblique approach [1]. The form of entrance, and the simple plan of the fort, suggest that it is an early example [1]. In the north and east of the interior there is a broad terrace, and building platforms have been found [1].