Traditional site of the 'Alleluia Victory' of the Britons over the Saxons in AD 420. A stone obelisk on a pedestal (nprn 32720) was erected nearby in 1736 to commemorate the battle.
"Maes Garmon; A large field in the township of Rhual, the supposed site of the battle known as 'the Alleluia Victory', traditionally believed to have been fought in the year 420 between the Christian Britons and the Saxons and Picts. An obelisk, erected in 1736, commemorates this victory, and the inscription declares that saints Germanus and Lupus were present at it. Bede (Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation, 29-30) notes the battle but does not date or locate it. The date ascribed is in any case too early and there are competing sites. Visited 21st Sept. 1910." (Source: RCAHMW Flint Inventory, 1912, 62 no.184)
Both site and date are questionable.
B.A.Malaws, RCAHMW, 21 December 2004.