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Castell Dinas Brân

I just finished this montage of the view facing north from Castell Dinas Brân. Although the Stonework dates to the 1230's, the site has been fortified since the Iron Age. Sitting at a height of 1000 feet, the castle is located about 1 mile NNE of the center of Llangollen, and offers spectacular breezes to go with the view. In the distance you can see a famous cliff called Ruabon Mountain, at least that's what I was told by a local gent.

View to North from Castell Dinas Brân

The castle was already a ruin in 1578, but according to legend it was the home of the beautiful Myfanwy Fechan, who spurned the love of Hywel ap Einon. Hywel, in his torment, was driven to write a famous love poem, entitled Myfanwy Fechan ...text and images - L. Nevard

Long view of Castell Dinas Brân tor/hill       Closer view of Castell Dinas Brân tor

 
 

    View towards Llangollen from Castell Dinas Brân
       William Wordsworth, who visited Dinas Bran in 1824,  
          lamented the castle's fate in his poem,
  
    COMPOSED AMONG THE RUINS OF
    A CASTLE IN NORTH WALES
    Through shattered galleries, 'mid roofless halls,
    Wandering with timid footsteps oft betrayed,
    The Stranger sighs, nor scruples to upbraid
    Old Time, though he, gentlest among the Thralls
    Of Destiny, upon these wounds hath laid
    His lenient touches, soft as light that falls,
    From the wan Moon, upon the towers and walls,
    Light deepening the profoundest sleep of shade.
    Relic of Kings! Wreck of forgotten wars,
    To winds abandoned and the prying stars,
    Time 'loves' Thee! at his call the Seasons twine
    Luxuriant wreaths around thy forehead hoar;
    And, though past pomp no changes can restore,
    A soothing recompence, his gift, is thine!

    In the 17th century, the poet Roger Cyffyn
           wrote these lines about the ruins:
    Gone,gone are thy gates,
      Dinas Brân on the height!
    Thy warders are blood-crows
      and ravens, I trow;
    Now no-one will wend
      from the field of the fight
    To the fortress on high,
      save the raven and crow.
 View of the surviving main mass of Castell Dinas Brân  
        Sallyport, Castell Dinas Brân
      Castell Dinas Brân - arches
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visit Caernarfon, a Gem of North Wales
visit the Gardens at Chirk
visit Castell Dinbych
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