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Moel Tŷ Uchaf is a stone circle (but most likely a Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust website.
/ref> Moel Tŷ Uchaf is also the name of the hill on which the circle is located.
Moel Tŷ Uchaf is a stone circle (but most likely a ring cairn
A ring cairn (also correctly termed a ring bank enclosure, but sometimes wrongly described as a ring barrow) is a circular or slightly oval, ring-shaped, low (maximum 0.5 metres high) embankment, several metres wide and from 8 to 20 metres in ...
) near the village of Llandrillo, Denbighshire
Llandrillo (or, in full, Llandrillo yn Edeirnion) is a small village and community in the Edeirnion area of Denbighshire in Wales, between Bala, and Corwen on the B4401 road. It was historically in the county of Merionethshire, and has a popula ...
, north Wales
North Wales ( cy, Gogledd Cymru) is a 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 Snowdonia N ...
. It is a collection of 41 stones with a cist
A cist ( or ; also kist ;
from grc-gre, κίστη, Middle Welsh ''Kist'' or Germanic ''Kiste'') is a small stone-built coffin-like box or ossuary used to hold the bodies of the dead. Examples can be found across Europe and in the Middle Ea ...
in the centre and an outlying stone to the north-north-east. The circle is 12 metres in diameter./ref> Moel Tŷ Uchaf is also the name of the hill on which the circle is located.
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