Dinas Emrys
Dinas Emrys is a rocky and wooded hillock near Beddgelert in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. Rising some 76 m above the floor of the Glaslyn river valley, it overlooks the southern end of Llyn Dinas in Snowdonia.- 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.
Sygun Copper Mine
Sygun Copper Mine is a Victorian copper mine which… Sygun Copper Mine is situated 1,300 feet south of Dinas Emrys.Llyn Dinas
Lake
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nantmor and Croesor.
Nantmor
Village
Nantmor is a hamlet which lies about 1½ miles to the… Nantmor is situated 2 miles south of Dinas Emrys.
Croesor
Village
Croesor is a small village in Gwynedd, Wales, located… Croesor is situated 3 miles southeast of Dinas Emrys.
Dinas Emrys
- Categories: contour fort, archaeological site, Welsh princes‘ castles, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Beddgelert, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
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
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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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