Moel Tŷ Uchaf
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Moel Tŷ Uchaf is a stone circle (but most likely a ring cairn) near the village of Llandrillo, Denbighshire,
north Wales North Wales ( ) is a Regions of Wales, region of Wales, encompassing its northernmost areas. It borders mid Wales to the south, England to the east, and the Irish Sea to the north and west. The area is highly mountainous and rural, with Snowdon ...
. It is a collection of 41 stones with a
cist In archeology, a cist (; also kist ; ultimately from ; cognate to ) or cist grave is a small stone-built coffin-like box or ossuary used to hold the bodies of the dead. In some ways, it is similar to the deeper shaft tomb. Examples occur ac ...
in the centre and an outlying stone to the north-north-east. The circle is 12 metres in diameter.Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust website.
/ref> Moel Tŷ Uchaf is also the name of the hill on which the circle is located.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Moel Ty Uchaf Stone circles in Wales