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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Dinas EmrysCountry: Wales
NOTE: This site is 3.601 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Gwynedd Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Beddgelert
Map Ref: SH606492 Landranger Map Number: 115
Latitude: 53.021884N Longitude: 4.07974W
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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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