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Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust
The logo on the CPAT website, is a square bronze plate, found in 1872 as part of a large hoard of
metalwork discovered under the collapsed rampart of Moel Hiraddug hillfort, Flintshire
CPAT acquired the Beacon Ring hill fort in July 2008 and TRENCH 1 - Visitors’ Day
started their first exploration in August 2018. There was
great public interest with visitors from all over the world
attending open days. The trust aims to preserve and manage
the site for the benefit and enjoyment of the general public.
The inside of the ring is currently densely wooded. Now
that these trees are reaching maturity it is hoped to find a
way of returning the interior of the site to upland meadow,
just as it was before the early 1950s.
Little appears to be known about the hill fort but with
extensive views far across mid Wales and Shropshire it
would certainly have been a good site for a beacon. Its
Welsh name – Caer Digoll (‘Digoll camp’) – comes from Cefn
Digoll (‘unbroken ridge’) the Welsh name for Long Mountain.
The site has not been excavated, but like other local hillforts it was probably built some time between the Bronze
Age and early Iron Age – after 1000 BC and before AD 50 when the Romans arrived.
The Ackers memorial stone from 1953.
Charles Ackers who lived in Gloucester bought the Leighton Woodlands
from the Naylor family in 1931 which included the Beacon Ring which by
1902 was already planted up with conifers. In 1953 (the year of the
Queen’s coronation) Charles Ackers replaced these trees with the present
plantation being a mixture of conifers and deciduous trees placed so as to
create the monogram EIIR (Elizabeth II Regina) when viewed from the air.
Macmillan Coffee Morning
Sunday 30th September from 11:00am – 2:00pm
Harpwoods Trelystan Leighton SY21 8JB
We are at the top of Long Mountain at the end of the Hope Road
Come along for a coffee
or a cup of tea
Welsh Harp Hollow Long Mountain Homemade cakes
Hope Road & Bring & buy stall
Enjoy spectacular views
through the woods
(Weather permitting!)
Contact Elaine: 01938 570 838
Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust
The logo on the CPAT website, is a square bronze plate, found in 1872 as part of a large hoard of
metalwork discovered under the collapsed rampart of Moel Hiraddug hillfort, Flintshire
CPAT acquired the Beacon Ring hill fort in July 2008 and TRENCH 1 - Visitors’ Day
started their first exploration in August 2018. There was
great public interest with visitors from all over the world
attending open days. The trust aims to preserve and manage
the site for the benefit and enjoyment of the general public.
The inside of the ring is currently densely wooded. Now
that these trees are reaching maturity it is hoped to find a
way of returning the interior of the site to upland meadow,
just as it was before the early 1950s.
Little appears to be known about the hill fort but with
extensive views far across mid Wales and Shropshire it
would certainly have been a good site for a beacon. Its
Welsh name – Caer Digoll (‘Digoll camp’) – comes from Cefn
Digoll (‘unbroken ridge’) the Welsh name for Long Mountain.
The site has not been excavated, but like other local hillforts it was probably built some time between the Bronze
Age and early Iron Age – after 1000 BC and before AD 50 when the Romans arrived.
The Ackers memorial stone from 1953.
Charles Ackers who lived in Gloucester bought the Leighton Woodlands
from the Naylor family in 1931 which included the Beacon Ring which by
1902 was already planted up with conifers. In 1953 (the year of the
Queen’s coronation) Charles Ackers replaced these trees with the present
plantation being a mixture of conifers and deciduous trees placed so as to
create the monogram EIIR (Elizabeth II Regina) when viewed from the air.
Macmillan Coffee Morning
Sunday 30th September from 11:00am – 2:00pm
Harpwoods Trelystan Leighton SY21 8JB
We are at the top of Long Mountain at the end of the Hope Road
Come along for a coffee
or a cup of tea
Welsh Harp Hollow Long Mountain Homemade cakes
Hope Road & Bring & buy stall
Enjoy spectacular views
through the woods
(Weather permitting!)
Contact Elaine: 01938 570 838
