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Dinas Emrys
Dinas Emrys
Wikidata identifies Dinas Emrys as 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 , near Beddgelert , Gwynedd , Wales, taken from the entrance to the Sygun Copper Mine . The hill is strongly associated with the legend of y Ddraig Goch , (the Welsh Red Dragon) and the Anglo-Saxon White Dragon . Archaeological excavations have revealed a 12th century fortress on the hill. [ 1 ]