What is recorded here
Afon Lledr valley from Dolwyddelan Castle is a castle, fort or tower in Conwy, Wales. Perhaps the valley floor hid people from the castle watch, or maybe the castle watched the valley for people who hid. Imagine a tower built not to declare power but to notice movement, and a valley that learned to stay quiet under that gaze.
A named place photographed at this map point in Conwy.
Dolwyddelan Castle was built by Llywelyn the Great, Prince of Gwynedd, in the early 13th century, around 1230. It is important as a well-preserved example of a Welsh hilltop castle and as a symbol of Welsh resistance during the medieval period.
Places near here
Ridge above Dolwyddelan CastleCastle, fort or tower · 243 yd
Dolwyddelan CastleCastle · 247 yd
Bryn-TirionFarmstead · 395 yd_-_geograph.org.uk_-_240588.jpg?width=1280)
A470 and Benar (Wood)Forest or wood · 852 yd
Pont ArenigBridge · 1083 yd
Clogwyn Mawr y FfriddMountain / peak · 1126 yd
A mine adit into a cliff face and a ruined mine buildingCliff or headland · 1657 yd
Wary Welsh mountain sheepMountain or hill · 1760 yd
Remnants of a mountain wallMountain or hill · 1.0 mi
A depleted waterfall on the upper reaches of Afon YstumiauWaterfall · 1.1 mi
Forest streamForest or wood · 1.2 mi
Clogwyn MawrMountain / peak · 1.3 miOther information
Photo: Stephen Dawson · CC BY-SA 2.0