Dinas Allt Wen

Also known as:
Allt Wen and Alltwen
Nearest town:
Conwy (3km E)
OS reference:
SH74557727
OS sheet:
115
Latitude:
53° 16' 38.96 N
Longitude:
3° 52' 56.72 W
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Image of Dinas Allt Wen (Hillfort) by GLADMAN

Gazing towards Conwy Bay from Tal-y-Fan. There’s a lot going on down there, enough to interest any period-head, I’d have thought? For the Antiquarian, the hillforts Dinas Allt-wen and Castell Caer Seion can be seen centre and right, The Great Orme bringing up the rear, so to speak. Foel Lus is to the left.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Jan 21, 2025
Image of Dinas Allt Wen (Hillfort) by thesweetcheat

Allt Wen rises steeply above Dwygyfylchi. Seen from the hillside to the south, across Afon Gyrach.

Image credit: A. Brookes (10.11.2023)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jan 12, 2025
Image of Dinas Allt Wen (Hillfort) by GLADMAN

Towards the neighbouring ‘fort upon Mynydd y Dref...

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Nov 17, 2022
Image of Dinas Allt Wen (Hillfort) by GLADMAN

Northern defences, towards Penmaen-bach and The Great Orme.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Nov 17, 2022
Image of Dinas Allt Wen (Hillfort) by GLADMAN

Penmaen Mawr can be seen beyond the northern defences

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Nov 17, 2022
Image of Dinas Allt Wen (Hillfort) by GLADMAN

Not been here since the 90’s...... worth coming back.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Nov 17, 2022
Image of Dinas Allt Wen (Hillfort) by thesweetcheat

At the northeast corner the rampart incorporates natural outcrops. There’s a Bronze Age burnt mound partly covered by the little lake.

Image credit: A. Brookes (1.4.2018)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat May 14, 2018
Image of Dinas Allt Wen (Hillfort) by thesweetcheat

The northern rampart. The tip of the Great Orme can be seen, top left.

Image credit: A. Brookes (1.4.2018)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat May 14, 2018
Image of Dinas Allt Wen (Hillfort) by thesweetcheat

Looking west towards Foel Lus and Penmaenmawr. The village below is Dwygyfylchi.

Image credit: A. Brookes (1.4.2018)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat May 14, 2018
Image of Dinas Allt Wen (Hillfort) by juamei

Image Credit: Natural Resources Wales

Image credit: LiDAR Composite Dataset. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v2.0.
juamei
juamei Mar 25, 2018
Image of Dinas Allt Wen (Hillfort) by GLADMAN

Your Iron Age Estate Agent wouldn’t have been hard pressed to sell Alltwen, would he/she? Nice, defensible enclosure... stunning sea views toward famous axe factory revered by the old gods. Easy access to the Druidical heartland at low tide. Hey, it would have sold itself. [Scan of archive print looking from the site across Dwygyfylchi (sadly the golf course is still there) toward Graig Lwyd and Penmaen Mawr.]

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Oct 10, 2015
Image of Dinas Allt Wen (Hillfort) by GLADMAN

The Sychnant Pass provides unassailable protection to the south.... looking approx south-west across Foel Lus to distant Penmaenmawr from the track to the summit of Alltwen (top right).

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Jan 9, 2014
Image of Dinas Allt Wen (Hillfort) by GLADMAN

Alltwen is the rocky hill centre far right.... looking from Mynydd y Dref.

Image credit: Robert Gladstone
GLADMAN
GLADMAN Feb 10, 2013

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