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<< Our Photo Pages >> Foel Fenlli - Hillfort in Wales in Denbighshire

Submitted by TimPrevett on Saturday, 13 February 2010  Page Views: 17807

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Foel Fenlli Alternative Name: Moel Fenlli
Country: Wales County: Denbighshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Ruthin  Nearest Village: Llanferres
Map Ref: SJ1632060080  Landranger Map Number: 116
Latitude: 53.131287N  Longitude: 3.252143W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Foel Fenlli submitted by TimPrevett : The north side of Foel Fenlli hillfort, a few minutes walk from the parking for Moel Famau. The white dots on the lower slope are sheep, helping give a sense of the scale of the place. The road to Ruthin (from Mold) exits the picture lower right hand corner. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Denbighshire. Foel Fenlli (also known as Moel Fenlli) was built during the Iron Age, around 2,500 years ago. There is evidence that people would have lived inside the hillfort collecting water from a spring in the centre of the fort. People have been using the hillfort before and after the Iron Age. There is a possible Bronze Age burial mound inside the fort and in 1816 a hoard of 1,500 Roman Coins were found.

Moel Fenlli can be accessed by taking the A494 Ruthin to Mold road and following the brown signs for Moel Famau Country Park. Moel Fenlli car park is situated opposite Moel Famau car park. Whilst the Offa's Dyke trail is to be found along the base of Moel Fenlli a footpath can be taken directly up to the Fort from the car park below. For public transport links, please visit traveline-cymru.org.uk or call 0871 200 22 33 Source: Heather and Hillforts

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Foel Fenlli submitted by TimPrevett : Sunset over the cairn - we were very lucky: an afternoon of heavy cloud from the walk up to Moel Famau cleared over, and flipped the decision favourably to go up Foel Fenlli! 27/03/11 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Foel Fenlli submitted by blingo : Moel Fenlli Foel Fenlli Image copyright: whysports (Pete Hughes), hosted on Flickr and displayed under the terms of their API. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Foel Fenlli submitted by TimPrevett : Looking west along the southern ramparts 27/03/11 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Foel Fenlli submitted by TimPrevett : Modern cairn on top of the bronze age cairn (now the green disc) 27/03/11 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Foel Fenlli submitted by postman : Towards sunset at Foel Fenlli, from Offas dyke path (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Foel Fenlli submitted by postman : Zoomed in from the Offas dyke path going up Moel Famau.

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Foel Fenlli submitted by postman : Foel Fenlli's ramparts with the Jubilee Tower on Moel Famau

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Foel Fenlli submitted by postman : The cairn on top of Foel Fenlli

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Foel Fenlli submitted by TimPrevett : Watching the sun set over Mynydd Hiraethog from the west of the fort. 27/03/11

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Foel Fenlli submitted by TimPrevett : Extremely steep along the southern rampart 27/03/11

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Foel Fenlli submitted by TimPrevett

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Foel Fenlli submitted by TimPrevett : I hadn't anticipated such a view on the southern ramparts. Absolutely stunning and inspiring. 27/03/11

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Foel Fenlli submitted by TimPrevett : Part of the 'Hillfort Glow' experiment - markings towards Kelsborrow, Beeston Castle, Maiden Castle - all Cheshire hillforts. 27/03/11

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Foel Fenlli submitted by TimPrevett : Part of the 'Hillfort Glow' experiment: markings towards Moel y Gaer, ?, and Helsby hillforts 27/03/11

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Foel Fenlli submitted by TimPrevett : Part of the 'Hillfort Glow' experiment - markings pointing toward Pen y Cloddiau and Moel Arthur. 27/03/11

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Foel Fenlli submitted by TimPrevett : The eastern ramparts - far larger on this side, the steepness rendering such vast earthworks not as necessary on the north and south sides. 27/03/11

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Foel Fenlli submitted by TimPrevett : Innermost ditch on the north ramparts, looking SW across the interior

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Foel Fenlli submitted by TimPrevett : Looking NW on the NE ramparts 27/03/11

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Foel Fenlli submitted by TimPrevett : NE ramparts, diagonal from bottom left corner 27/03/11

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Foel Fenlli submitted by TimPrevett : Slightly inturned entrance? Western ramparts 27/03/11

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Foel Fenlli submitted by TimPrevett : Western ramparts 27/03/11

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Foel Fenlli submitted by TimPrevett : View towards Moel y Gaer, north across Bwlch Penbarras 27/03/11

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Foel Fenlli submitted by OccasionalJim : It's also nice in Winter.

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Foel Fenlli submitted by OccasionalJim : A nice Hillfort, most folk go north from the car park below. Access is also much improved with good views from the ramparts.

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Foel Fenlli submitted by TimPrevett : A look down onto the hillfort from the north - the ramparts easily traceable on the hilltop. I visited the same spot before my interest in hillforts - and never noticed the ramparts. What a different an interest can make... from here you can view 3 hillforts. Foel Fenlli sits mid way on the Clwydian Range - this is viewed from the ascent to Moel Famau.

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Re: Foel Fenlli by sem on Thursday, 01 June 2017
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Coflein "The interior is irregular. A quarry ditch runs around within the inner rampart. The ultimate summit at the east end shows a 16m diameter round cairn and there is a spring in the hollow below on the west. As many as 40 circular building platforms have been noted by CPAT. These would have carried great thatched roundhouses. A Bronze Age burial cairn crowns the highest summit."
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Moel Fenlli Heather and Hillforts walk, 9th Sept 2012 by Andy B on Tuesday, 15 May 2012
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Moel Fenlli Heather and Hillforts

Date: 09.09.2012 Time: 10.30am - 2.30pm

Type: Walking Biodiversity

Walking Difficulty: 3 Shoes - Difficult (Long & strenuous, uneven, steep terrain)

A 4 mile circular walk exploring the heather moorland and prehistoric hillfort of Moel Fenlli with the Heather and Hillforts Project team. Meet at Bwlch Pen Barras car park, Moel Famau, SJ162605

Booking is required for this event. Call 01352 810614 to book or email loggerheads.countrypark@denbighshire.gov.uk
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Re: Foel Fenlli by TimPrevett on Monday, 28 March 2011
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The views up here are amazing, and far far quieter than the route heading north to Moel Famau. If you want a little more of a zen moment, go up to Foel Fenlli from the Bwlch Pen Barras car park and walk the perimeter of the fort, stopping where feels right. Very lovely indeed.
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Re: Foel Fenlli by TimPrevett on Monday, 28 March 2011
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Got to walk up here yesterday; not as an intimidating a walk as the view from the car park suggests: you don't have to walk straight up! There is a zigzag path which brings you to the western end of the fort surprisingly quick.
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Re: Foel Fenlli by coldrum on Monday, 26 April 2010
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More Weatherman Walking by Andy B on Saturday, 13 February 2010
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See also
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=762#31966
and
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=13028#31974

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A topographical survey of Moel Fenlli by Andy B on Saturday, 13 February 2010
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A topographical survey was carried out by EAS in 2006.
http://www.heatherandhillforts.co.uk/images/stories/pdf/caer_drewyn_and_fenlli2.pdf

Source:
http://www.heatherandhillforts.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=96%3Amoel-fenlli-dig-in-deeper&catid=9%3Ahillforts&Itemid=12&lang=en
where there is more information about the site
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Foel Fenlli walk on Weatherman Walking, BBC Iplayer by Andy B on Saturday, 13 February 2010
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You might not have spotted this from outside Wales but Derek Brockway, BBC Wales weatherman has a brand new series of walks across Wales' most iconic landscapes. The bit of particular interest to us is the second half of Episode 2 where he visits Moel Famau

An upland walk through heather moorland, taking in a Bronze Age burial cairn, Iron Age hill fort and iconic peak.
His guide is archaeologist Erin Robinson from the Heather and Hillforts project.
As well as the hill fort they also look at a Bronze Age burial chamber which I've added to our map here.
http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=25030

It is on BBC Iplayer at the moment (second half of the programme)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00qmyts/Weatherman_Walking_Series_3_Heroes_and_Hill_Forts/
and there is a web site with photos and a downloadable map.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/nature/sites/walking/pages/ne_moel_famau.shtml

Erin's audio guides from Heather and Hillforts project are here or you can dial them up from on the mountain.
http://www.heatherandhillforts.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=31&Itemid=59&lang=en

There are lots of other episodes of Weatherman Walking to watch as well.
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Wales protects its Iron Age hill forts by Andy B on Thursday, 06 November 2008
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Six spectacular Welsh Iron Age hill forts are being protected as part of a scheme costing 1.5 million pounds.

As part of a Heritage Lottery funded project, footpath improvement and erosion control work has been carried out at Moel Arthur hillfort on the Clwydian Range.

A floating ramp is being built over the large earth banks to help protect them from damage.

The innovative construction includes building a wooden frame into which stones are set to provide a safe walking surface, without any disturbance to the ground or the archaeology below.

Samantha Williams, Hillforts Conservation Officer, says "Moel Arthur has the most impressive ramparts, the large banks, of all the hillforts within the Clwydian Range and it is important that we protect them for the future.

"They have been there for over 2,000 years and with careful management like this they may be there for another 2,000. "

Next year will also see the start of a major programme of works t on Moel Fenlli hillfort. [I think this is the same as Foel Fenlli - MegP Ed]

David Shiel, Countryside Officer for the AONB, said, "It has taken many years of planning but we are now looking forward to beginning the repair work needed on the paths to make access up to the hillfort easier, as well as protecting the monument for many years to come."

The scheme aims to to protect and to increase the enjoyment and understanding of the natural and historic upland environment of north-east Wales.

Itt will help to restore the patchwork of heather moorland that will provide better grazing for sheep and habitat for upland bird species such as the black grouse, the red grouse, hen harrier and ring ouzel.

Important access and management work will also be completed at six spectacular Iron Age hillforts.

http://www.newswales.co.uk/?section=Culture&F=1&id=15482
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