About the Range
Recent News & Events
Minister confirms AONB designation for the Dee Valley
22.11.2011
Loggerheads hoists its Green Flag as one of the best !
28.07.2011
Clwydian Range AONB Award goes to the Raven Inn.
19.07.2011
Recent Research
Recent Palaeobotanical work has examined a core of peat from Moel Llys y Coed.
This 1.2m depth of peat dates from around 8000 BC at its base through to the present day and records the changing vegetation associated with human influence on the Range. In 8000BC this part of the Range was wooded with predominantly hazel but also birch pine and juniper. There is evidence of burning in these early woodlands which may indicate hunter gatherers managing their landscapes to encourage animals to clearings and thus facilitating hunting. The pollen from the peat core illustrates three broad phases of vegetation change from woodland through alder carr and grassland in the later prehistoric and historic periods to heather domination from about 600 AD. Interestingly Cereal pollens are noted from the Bronze Age around 4000 thousand years ago. This work highlights the impact people have had on the landscape and character of the Clwydian Range for thousands of years.
Archaeological Survey on Moel y Gaer Llantysilio
As part of the development phase of the Heather and Hillforts Landscape Partnership Scheme, Engineering Archaeological Services Ltd were commissioned to carry out a topographical survey of Moel y Gaer, Llantysilio hillfort. The aims of the project were to record the physical remains on the site.
Penycloddiau hillfort cairn Excavation 2009
The Field Services Section of the Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust (CPAT) was invited by Denbighshire Countryside Service, part of Denbighshire County Council, to undertake the archaeological excavation of a small cairn within the scheduled area of Penycloddiau Hillfort.
Moel y Gaer Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd Excavations, Summer 2009 Preliminary Report
Excavations by Bangor University for the Heather and Hillforts Project.
The excavations were funded by the University of Wales Publications and Collaborative Research Committee at the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies, Aberystwyth
Penycloddiau Hillfort TOPOGRAPHICAL SURVEY
In May 2006 the Field Services Section of the Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust (CPAT) was invited by Denbighshire Countryside Service to produce a quotation and specification for a topographical survey of Penycloddiau Hillfort, as part of the Heather and Hillforts Project.
Moel Fenlli & Caer Drewyn hillforts archaeological survey report
As part of the development phase of the Heather and Hillforts Landscape Partnership Scheme, Engineering Archaeological Services Ltd were commissioned to carry out topographical and geophysical surveys on Caer Drewyn and Moel Fenlli hillforts.
Moel y Gaer Hillfort, Llanbedr, Archaeological Survey May 2008
Aims of Survey
- To record the line and extent of the bank leading from the eastern gateway into the previously unrecorded area.
- To investigate the extent of the burnt area on the inner rampart.
- To investigate the potential level of occupation within the hillfort.
- To investigate the potential use of the annex.
- To provide training in archaeological survey techniques.
Moel y Gaer hillfort, Llantysilio Geophysical Survey 2009
Aims of Survey
To gather sufficient information to establish the location and extent of any archaeological features within the hillfort and, if possible, to characterise the archaeology located.
Hillfort Glow Experiment
An experiment to explore the intervisibility between ten hillforts across north east Wales and Cheshire and their connection with their local communities
