Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Dinas Melin-y-Wig
Betws Gwerfil Goch, Denbighshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Hillfort
- Period
- Prehistoric
- Community
- Betws Gwerfil Goch
- Unitary authority
- Denbighshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.03129, -3.41934
- SAM number
- ME014
- Cadw record number
- 546
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1795 "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The monument comprises the remains of a hillfort, which probably dates to the Iron Age period (c. 800 BC - AD 74, the Roman conquest of Wales). Hillforts are usually located on hilltops and surrounded by a single or multiple earthworks of massive proportions. Hillforts must have formed symbols of power within the landscape, while their function may have had as much to do with ostentation and display as defence.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of later prehistoric defensive organisation and settlement. The site forms an important element within the wider later prehistoric context and within the surrounding landscape. The site is well preserved and retains considerable archaeological potential. There is a strong probability of the presence of evidence relating to chronology, building techniques and functional detail.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Tyn RadwyDomesticunder 1 mi
- Cynfal Mill (former Corn Mill with Oak Kiln and Cart Shed)Industrialunder 1 mi
- Pentre farmhouseAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Farm buildings range at PentreAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.