Dinas Emrys

Dinas Emrys is a rocky and wooded hillock near in , north-west . Rising some 76 m above the floor of the Glaslyn river valley, it overlooks the southern end of in .
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: Iron Age hillfort and castle probably erected by Prince Llewelyn II to guard the road to the mountain pass of Snowdon
  • Also known as: “Castell Dinas Emrys”, “Cwm-Yr-Ala”, and “ディナス・エムラス”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Sygun Copper Mine and Llyn Dinas.

Photo: Stephen Elwyn RODDICK, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a Victorian copper mine which… is situated 1,300 feet south of Dinas Emrys.

Lake
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is a lake near , in north .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nantmor and Croesor.

Village
Photo: William Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet which lies about 1½ miles to the… is situated 2 miles south of Dinas Emrys.

Village
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is a small village in , Wales, located… is situated 3 miles southeast of Dinas Emrys.

Photo: RICHARD OUTRAM, CC BY 2.0.
is a small village in , …

Dinas Emrys

Latitude
53.0219° or 53° 1′ 19″ north
Longitude
-4.07975° or 4° 4′ 47″ west
Elevation
341 feet (104 metres)
Open location code
9C5Q2WCC+Q4
Geo­Names ID
6287261
Wiki­data ID
Q354820
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“Dinas Emrys” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “dinas emrys”
  • Cebuano: “Dinas Emrys Castle”
  • Dutch: “Dinas Emrys”
  • French: “Dinas Emrys”
  • German: “Dinas Emrys”
  • Hebrew: “דינס אמריס”
  • Italian: “Dinas Emrys”
  • Japanese: “ディナス・エムリス”
  • Spanish: “Dinas Emrys”
  • Swedish: “Dinas Emrys Castle”
  • Welsh: “Dinas Emrys”

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