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Castell

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Castell

High point of Penycloddiau Just inside of the northernmost ramparts of Penycloddiau, and a few metres off the main Offa's Dyke path, this cairn marks a local high spot, possibly the highest point within the iron-age hill fort, and commanding a fine view to Moel y Parc to the north as well as over surrounding lands to both east and west. The thin vertical line showing just to the right of the cairn in this view is the Moel y Parc TV transmitter mast, a very twentieth-century intrusion into the scene.
High point of Penycloddiau Credit: Andy Waddington

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High point of Penycloddiau Just inside of the northernmost ramparts of Penycloddiau, and a few metres off the main Offa's Dyke path, this cairn marks a local high spot, possibly the highest point within the iron-age hill fort, and commanding a fine view to Moel y Parc to the north as well as over surrounding lands to both east and west. The thin vertical line showing just to the right of the cairn in this view is the Moel y Parc TV transmitter mast, a very twentieth-century intrusion into the scene.
High point of Penycloddiau
Just inside of the northernmost ramparts of Penycloddiau, and a few metres off the main Offa's Dyke path, this cairn marks a local high spot, possibly the highest point within the iron-age hill fort, and commanding a fine view to Moel y Parc to the north as well as over surrounding lands to both east and west. The thin vertical line showing just to the right of the cairn in this view is the Moel y Parc TV transmitter mast, a very twentieth-century intrusion into the scene.
Penycloddiau summit cairn Moel Famau on the left horizon.
Penycloddiau summit cairn
Moel Famau on the left horizon.
Descending northwards from Penycloddiau On the Offa's Dyke Path. Moel y Parc in the distance.
Descending northwards from Penycloddiau
On the Offa's Dyke Path. Moel y Parc in the distance.
Unsurfaced road near Nant Coed-y-mynydd
Unsurfaced road near Nant Coed-y-mynydd
A smattering of snow in the Vale of Clwyd Looks like the television mast is being launched from Moel y Parc
A smattering of snow in the Vale of Clwyd
Looks like the television mast is being launched from Moel y Parc
B5429 south of Aberwheeler
B5429 south of Aberwheeler
B5429 near Aberwheeler
B5429 near Aberwheeler
Llwybr Bodfari Footpath Llwybr cyhoeddus yn gadael heol fach ym Modfari. A footpath leaving a minor road in Bodfari.
Llwybr Bodfari Footpath
Llwybr cyhoeddus yn gadael heol fach ym Modfari. A footpath leaving a minor road in Bodfari.
Cairn on Moel y Parc
Cairn on Moel y Parc
Wild and windy
Wild and windy
Moel y Parc cairn Shunned by walkers on the Offa's Dyke Long Distance Footpath, Moel y Parc is the northernmost summit of this long section of ridge. The cairn seen here is on the spot marked as a tumulus on the map, so I presume that the green grassy mound is ancient, though the cairn itself looks modern. The path seen on the left heads down to the southwest to cross a well-defined bridleway at a minor col, and either direction at this junction will take one back to the Offa's Dyle and Clwydian Way routes as they head down into the Wheeler valley.
Moel y Parc cairn
Shunned by walkers on the Offa's Dyke Long Distance Footpath, Moel y Parc is the northernmost summit of this long section of ridge. The cairn seen here is on the spot marked as a tumulus on the map, so I presume that the green grassy mound is ancient, though the cairn itself looks modern. The path seen on the left heads down to the southwest to cross a well-defined bridleway at a minor col, and either direction at this junction will take one back to the Offa's Dyle and Clwydian Way routes as they head down into the Wheeler valley.
Geinas Mill Brick-built corn mill at Geinas. When in use in the 18th and 19th century it was fed by mill races drawn from water provided by the Afon Chwiler.
Geinas Mill
Brick-built corn mill at Geinas. When in use in the 18th and 19th century it was fed by mill races drawn from water provided by the Afon Chwiler.
Aberwheeler chapel Calvinistic Presbyterian chapel first erected in 1822.
Aberwheeler chapel
Calvinistic Presbyterian chapel first erected in 1822.
Aberwheeler war memorial The war memorial at Aberwheeler, over the road to the chapel, with a list of 7 local men killed in WWI.
Aberwheeler war memorial
The war memorial at Aberwheeler, over the road to the chapel, with a list of 7 local men killed in WWI.
Muddy lane to Cil Llwyn South of Aberwheeler in the Vale of Clwyd
Muddy lane to Cil Llwyn
South of Aberwheeler in the Vale of Clwyd
Minor road at Garn-Clwyd Bella Looking south-westward.
Minor road at Garn-Clwyd Bella
Looking south-westward.
Farm lane to Glan Clwyd Ganol Looking south-westward.
Farm lane to Glan Clwyd Ganol
Looking south-westward.
Minor road joining the B5429 in Aberwheeler Looking south-westward.
Minor road joining the B5429 in Aberwheeler
Looking south-westward.
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Castell is located at Grid Ref: SJ1168 (Lat: 53.207557, Lng: -3.3322876)

Unitary Authority: Denbighshire

Police Authority: North Wales

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Direction: 140
Generator Method: photovoltaic
Generator Output Electricity: yes
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Lat/Long: 53.2040405/-3.3289942
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Direction: SE
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Generator Solar Modules: 8
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Power: generator
Lat/Long: 53.2040855/-3.328907
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