Foel Fenlli or Moel Fenlli is a hill in Denbighshire, North Wales. With a summit at an elevation of 511 metres (1,677 ft), it is the second highest peak of the Clwydian Range.[1]
A popular ascent leads south from the car park at Bwlch Penbarras, which is also a popular starting point for ascending Moel Famau to the north. The Offa's Dyke Path runs around the western slopes. The remains of a hillfort roughly ten hectares in area are found on the peak; the site is believed to date back to the Iron Age but was later reoccupied during the Dark Ages. The "iniquitous and tyrannical" king Benlli (after whom the mountain was named) probably lived there c. 450. He was admonished for opposing Saint Germanus, and he and his castle were "consumed by fire from heaven", so the legend goes.[2] There are the remains of strong ramparts on all sides, with an entrance at the west end. In the south-west quarter of the fort enclosure are about two dozen hut platforms; there is a spring close to the centre.[3]
Cairn at the summit
^Ordnance Survey 1:25000 Explorer Map 265 Clwydian Range, 2000
^Dyer, James. Penguin Guide to Prehistoric England & Wales (1981). p. 323.
FoelFenlli or Moel Fenlli is a hill in Denbighshire, North Wales. With a summit at an elevation of 511 metres (1,677 ft), it is the second highest peak...
kingdom's capital was at the time; tradition suggests the Clwydian hillfort FoelFenlli, the 'Hill of Benlli', while archaeological evidence points to Caer Guricon...
southern car parks at Bwlch Penbarras, a pass between Moel Famau and FoelFenlli, about 1.25 miles (2.0 km) from the summit. The northern route begins...
Wales, and one of five Marilyns in the Clwydian Range. The hill, like FoelFenlli and Moel Arthur to the south, has an Iron Age hillfort at its summit...
Age hillforts including Y Foel (Moel Hiraddug), Moel-y-gaer, Penycloddiau, Moel Arthur, a second Moel y Gaer and FoelFenlli. There are several tumuli...
altitude of 360 m (1,180 ft), lies between the hills of Moel Famau and FoelFenlli. An unclassified road between Tafarn-y-Gelyn and Llanbedr-Dyffryn-Clwyd...
the Clwydian Range. It is situated just to the south of Moel Famau and FoelFenlli. www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Moel Gyw and surrounding area 53°06′30″N...
is recorded in Historia Brittonum, chapters 32–35. The hill fort at FoelFenlli is traditionally considered to have been his castle. Baring-Gould, Sabine...
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Cairn at the summit