Moel y Gaer, Llanbedr

Moel y Gaer, also known as Moel-y-Gaer Camp or Moel y Gaer Hillfort, is an Iron Age hillfort located on a western spur of the Clwydian Range, near the village of Llanbedr, Denbighshire [1]. Moel y Gaer hillfort is surrounded by steep slopes to the north, west, and south [1]. To the east the approach is almost level and is where the main entrance is sited [1]. Most of the fort is surrounded by a double bank and ditch, with additional banks to the northeast, near the entrance [1]. The hillfort was investigated in 1849 by W. Wynne-Ffoulkes [1]. He dug a number of small trenches and concluded that the eastern entrance had been paved and that the inner rampart was built of stone or fronted with stone [1]. In 2007, a topographic survey was carried out for the Heather and Hillforts Project [1]. The survey identified 15 roundhouse platforms within the enclosure, along with possible evidence that the inner rampart was faced with stone at some time during the site's occupation [1].