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| Carl is right, the easiest way to the fort is up past the modern stone circle, but no fence jumping is necessary, keep going through the childhood memory that is happy valley past the toboggan run and a path is clear to the left. Brilliantly I chose a different route. Seeing as I was coming down off the Orme, I parked near the halfway tram house had a quick zoom at llety'r Filiast and the copper mine, then headed over to some limestone outcropping for a look down on Pen y Dinas and some long views across Llandudno and over to Snowdonia. Whilst there I shared the view only with a dozen mountain goats, with long impressive curving scimitar like horns. From up here I could make out on zoom the rocking stone on the west side of the fort, some of the defences and even the information board in the center. But best of all was just looking down on my old family holiday haunt, Criag y don, my dad would tell the taxi dude, Mrs Bardell owned the holiday house. One year we watched an air display from on this very hill fort, but I didnt know that till today. There aren't any impressive defences, but you can just make out the odd curving bank here and the semi circular hut circle up against the scarp that is the forts last defence. Near the information board is an alignment of small boulders between two big ones, god knows what they are. A good place, not a great fort but a good place, good for watching foxes, people below, and air dispalys. Ive probably spent too long here now too long by half but theres still one more Great Ormer to go, it's time for the caving segment of the day. Hi-di-hi campers. |
Posted by postman21st June 2012ce Edited 21st June 2012ce
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