Tre’r Ceiri
Tre'r Ceiri is a hillfort dating back to the Iron Age. The name means "town of the giants", from cewri, plural of cawr, "giant". The settlement is 450 metres above sea level on the slopes of Yr Eifl, a mountain on the north coast of the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd, north-western Wales.Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: large Iron Age hillfort
- Also known as: “Tre’r Ceiri Hill Fort” and “Tre’r Creiri”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Yr Eifl and St Aelhaearn’s Church.
Yr Eifl
Peak
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Yr Eifl, sometimes called the Rivals in English, is a group of hills on the north coast of the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd, Wales. On a clear day, the views from the highest summit reach as far as the Isle of Man, the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland and the Lake District, as well as the entire sweep of Cardigan Bay.
St Aelhaearn’s Church
Church
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Aelhaearn’s Church is situated 1 mile east of Tre’r Ceiri.
Trefor Quarry
Quarry
The Trefor Quarry railway was an industrial, 1 ft 11+1⁄2 in narrow-gauge railway connecting the Trefor granite quarry with the pier at Llanaelhaearn on the Llŷn Peninsula. Trefor Quarry is situated 1 mile northwest of Tre’r Ceiri.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trefor and Nant Gwrtheyrn.
Trefor
Village
Photo: David Purchase, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trefor is a village on the northern coast of the Llŷn Peninsula, in Gwynedd, Wales. It had a population of 1,067 at the 2021 Census. Trefor is in the community of Trefor a Llanaelhaearn, and Llithfaen is nearby.
Nant Gwrtheyrn
Hamlet
Photo: Tom Parnell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nant Gwrtheyrn is a Welsh Language and Heritage Centre, located near the village of Llithfaen on the northern coast of the Llŷn Peninsula, Gwynedd, in northwest Wales.
Llithfaen
Village
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llithfaen is a village on the North West of Wales on the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd, Wales. It is within the community of Pistyll near Caernarfon Bay. Pwllheli is the nearest town, approximately 8 miles away, and Caernarfon is 16 miles away.
Tre’r Ceiri
- Categories: contour fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Llanaelhaearn, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.97455° or 52° 58′ 28″ northLongitude
-4.42392° or 4° 25′ 26″ westOpen location code
9C4QXHFG+RCOpenStreetMap ID
way 29007038OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q1088007
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Tre’r Ceiri” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Tre’r Ceiri”
- French: “Tre’r Ceiri”
- German: “Tre’r Ceyri”
- Hebrew: “טרר קאירי”
- Hebrew: “טרר קיירי”
- Italian: “Tre’r Ceiri”
- Welsh: “Tre’r Ceiri”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Tre’r Ceiri and Yr Eifl Natioanl Nature Reserve.
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