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.
- Castle
- …lies at an elevation of around 340 feet (100 metres)
- …is also known as “Cwm-Yr-Ala”
- Description: Iron Age hillfort and castle probably erected by Prince Llewelyn II to guard the road to the mountain pass of Snowdon
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Dinas Emrys
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Latitude
53.0219° or 53° 1′ 19″ north
Longitude
-4.07975° or 4° 4′ 47″ west
Open location code
9C5Q2WCC+Q4
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Dinas Emrys” goes by many names.
dinas emrysCatalan
Dinas Emrys CastleCebuano
Dinas EmrysDutch
דינס אמריסHebrew
Dinas EmrysItalian
ディナス・エムラスJapanese
ディナス・エムリスJapanese
Dinas Emrys CastleSwedish
Castell Dinas EmrysWelsh
Cwm-Yr-AlaWelsh
Dinas EmrysWelsh
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