‘A continuing series of works made in situ from the prehistoric settlement and defence at Mynydd Y Gaer, the hill fort on which I walk daily. From the summit, the mountains of Eryri, the Irish Sea, the Clwydian Hills, Offa’s Dyke and the Aled and Elwy Valleys can be viewed.’

‘I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery, air, mountains, trees, people. I thought this is what it means to be happy.’

Sylvia Plath.

Ink or ink, graphite and acrylic on paper, each individual work 36 x 57 cm or 57 x 78 cm on Fabriano paper.

The large hillfort at Mynydd-y-Gaer crowns the summit of an isolated hill, the mountain of the fortress. The fort is roughly 220m east-west by 180m and was originally enclosed by a stony rampart or wall, with a ditch and outer bank or counterscarp. The track of the ramparts is roughly hexagonal. On the north side there is a staggered entrance where the ramparts overlap. On the eastern side, where the fort faces generally level ground, the ramparts are doubled with an inner stretch of rampart, ditch and counterscarp.
Source: Davies 'The Prehistoric and Roman Remains of Denbighshire' (1929), 291-3