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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dinas Emrys - Hillfort in Wales in Gwynedd

Submitted by Thorgrim on Tuesday, 01 July 2003  Page Views: 16529

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Dinas Emrys
Country: Wales County: Gwynedd Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Beddgelert
Map Ref: SH606492  Landranger Map Number: 115
Latitude: 53.021884N  Longitude: 4.07974W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
 3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
 3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
 3

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Dinas Emrys
Dinas Emrys submitted by TimPrevett : Dinas Emrys, a hillfort linked by name and sympathetic archaeology to Arthurian Legend. Viewed from the west at dawn, Friday 13th April. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Hillfort in Gwynedd

Now capped by a twelfth cenutry tower and a man-made pool, this fort which largely dates to the Roman Period is defended by a low bank with an entrance to the south-west.

This is the hillfort of Merlin by the A498 to Beddgelert. Here, the boy Myrddin (Merlin) told Vortigern why his fortress always collapsed. In a pool below the hill, a red dragon and a white one fought and tumbled Vortigern's new tower. Merlin explained that the white dragon was that of the Saxons and it would triumph. There would then come a champion (Arthur) to lead the Red Dragon of Wales to victory. Weird thing is that there is a pool and the foundations of a square tower.
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Dinas Emrys
Dinas Emrys submitted by Thorgrim : This is the hillfort of Merlin by the A498 to Beddgelert. Here, the boy Myrddin (Merlin) told Vortigern why his fortress always collapsed. In a pool below the hill, a red dragon and a white one fought and tumbled Vortigern's new tower. Merlin explained that the white dragon was that of the Saxons and it would triumph. There would then come a champion (Arthur) to lead the Red Dragon of Wales to... (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Dinas Emrys
Dinas Emrys submitted by TAlanJones : Dinas Emrys. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Dinas Emrys
Dinas Emrys submitted by TimPrevett : Dinas Emrys, a hillfort linked by name and sympathetic archaeology to Arthurian Legend. Viewed from the west at dawn, Friday 13th April. (2 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Dinas Emrys
Dinas Emrys submitted by Thorgrim : Merlin's hillfort of Dinas Emrys at Nant Gwynant dominates the approach from Llyn Dinas. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Dinas Emrys submitted by Dylan : Pool where the red and white dragons fight (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Dinas Emrys submitted by Antonine : 2008

Dinas Emrys
Dinas Emrys submitted by Bladup : The bank at Dinas Emrys.

Dinas Emrys
Dinas Emrys submitted by Bladup : Fairly modern walling next to the outcrop in Dinas Emrys.

Dinas Emrys
Dinas Emrys submitted by Bladup : Dinas Emrys, Fairly modern walling inside the fort.

Dinas Emrys
Dinas Emrys submitted by Bladup : Dinas Emrys, Just below the center of the photo are the remains of the only hut circle I could find in the fort.

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Dinas Emrys submitted by Bladup : The stoney top of Dinas Emrys.

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Dinas Emrys submitted by Bladup : Dinas Emrys, At the bottom of the photo is a stretch of bank.

Dinas Emrys
Dinas Emrys submitted by Bladup : Dinas Emrys, Part of the bank, Nice views in all directions.

Dinas Emrys
Dinas Emrys submitted by Bladup : Dinas Emrys, Part of the bank of this fairly modest iron age fort, This place is all about the position.

Dinas Emrys
Dinas Emrys submitted by postman : Looking just north of west. With fairly savage weather.

Dinas Emrys
Dinas Emrys submitted by postman : Looking south west through less than cooperative weather.

Dinas Emrys
Dinas Emrys submitted by postman : Remains of the twelfth century tower amid Dinas Emrys hill fort.

Dinas Emrys
Dinas Emrys submitted by Dylan : Park for free in Craflwyn Parking lot. The path is that black one on th map that goes to the right of Hall up some steps then right to the end of the dirt lane, left through gate with a rock drilled through, then winds up to hill.

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Re: Dinas Emrys by sem on Friday, 02 June 2017
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Re: Dinas Emrys by coldrum on Monday, 29 March 2010
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Re: Dinas Emrys by Anonymous on Monday, 21 October 2002
I visited Dinas Emrys in September of this year with a friend. We arrived in North Wales (from London) at 10pm, and after failing to find nearby Penmachno or Capel Curig we decided to find Dinas Emrys and camp wild there. We had no idea what it was. It loomed above the road where we parked our car. We crossed a few barbed wire fences and stone walls and tramped through boggy fields for half an hour. Eventually we started climbing up the western (i.e. wrong) side of the hillfort, over the ramparts. It took us about an hour as it was pitch black and pretty scary. We camped at the top of the fort overlooking the valley, which was beautiful, at around 1.30am. During the night I heard some peculiar noises, including low, fast drumming coming from somewhere very near. Add to that the fact that it was a full moon *and* the Autumn Equinox (an old Celtic festival), and you can imagine the whole experience was fairly terrifying! Wonderful too though. When we woke up, the hillfort was transformed by the light. Impressive stuff. We took the eastern route down this time.
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