Penycloddiau

Penycloddiau
A view of the outer defence wall at Penycloddiau hill fort
Highest point
Elevation	440 m (1,440 ft) [1]
Prominence	156 m (512 ft)
Parent peak	Moel Famau
Listing	Marilyn
Naming
Translation	peak of the mounds (Welsh)
Pronunciation	Welsh: [pɛnəˈklɔðjai]
Geography
Location	Flintshire, Wales
Parent range	Clwydian Range
OS grid	SJ127678
Topo map	OS Landranger 116[1]

Penycloddiau (Welsh for "hill of the trenches") is a hill in Flintshire, Wales, and one of five Marilyns in the range.

Offa's Dyke Path crosses the summit, and the Clwydian Way skirts the western slopes. Like Foel Fenlli further south, Penycloddiau has an Iron Age hillfort around the summit area.^[2] At 26 hectares (64 acres), it is one of the largest hillforts in Wales.^[2]

See also

• List of hillforts in Wales

References

1. Alan Dawson (1992). Relative Hills of Britain. Cicerone Series. Cicerone Press Limited. p. 125. ISBN 978-1-85284-068-6.
2. John Davies, Nigel Jenkins, and Menna Baines, ed. (2008). The Welsh Academy encyclopaedia of Wales. University of Wales Press. pp. 151,981. ISBN 978-0-7083-1953-6.

Further reading

• Ian Brown, Mick Sharp, and Jean Williamson (2004). "Penycloddiau Iron Age hillfort". Discovering a Welsh landscape: archaeology in the Clwydian range. Landscapes of Britain 4. Windgather. pp. 75–76.
• "Penycloddiau Hillfort". Heather & Hillforts.
• "Penycloddiau Hillfort — Dig In Deeper". Heather & Hillforts.
• "Soldier's Stone, Penycloddiau hillfort". A History of the World. BBC.
• Christopher John Wright (1975). "Moel Arthur and Penycloddiau". A guide to Offa's Dyke path. Constable. pp. 321–323. ISBN 978-0-09-460330-1.

External links

• www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Penycloddiau and surrounding area

Coordinates: 53°12′00″N 3°18′30″W / 53.20008°N 3.30834°W