Dinas Emrys
Iron Age hillfort in Gwynedd, Wales / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Dinas Emrys (Welsh for 'Emrys's city') is a rocky and wooded hillock near Beddgelert in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. Rising some 76 m (250 ft) above the floor of the Glaslyn river valley, it overlooks the southern end of Llyn Dinas in Snowdonia.
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Dinas Emrys | |
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Location in Gwynedd | |
Coordinates: 53.022°N 4.079°W / 53.022; -4.079 | |
Grid position | SH 60669 49228 |
Location | Gwynedd, Wales, UK |
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Little remains of the Iron Age hillfort or castle structures that once stood here, save its stone ramparts and the base of a keep [Grid reference SH 60669 49228]. Some believe the castle was erected by Llewelyn the Last to guard the road to the mountain pass of Snowdon.