Conwy Mountain (Mynydd y Dref) Wales UK.
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hillhiker1
N 53° 16.953 W 003° 51.737
30U E 442510 N 5904049
Mynydd y Dref, also Known as Conwy Mountain, dominates the scene behind Conwy North Wales
Waymark Code: WM8KQ6
Location: North Wales, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 04/15/2010
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Conwy Mountain or Mynydd y Dref is to the west of the town of Conwy, in North Wales. To the north it overlooks the sea at Conwy Bay, and to the south lie the foothills of the Carneddau range of Mountains.
There are extensive views to all points of the compass.
Mynydd y Dref is the remains of an ancient volcano that last erupted about 450 million years ago.
At the summit is the Iron Age hillfort of Castell Caer Seion (Castell Caer Lleion)and Neolithic Hut Circles. Caer Seion comprised a stone walled fort, and remains show this to have been an extensive site, which incorporated more than 50 hut circles and platform houses, and included a citadel and outposts. A Map of the remains is displayed at each end of the fort
Some excavations were undertaken in the early 'fifties although No datable remains were found, only slingstones, stone pestles and mortars, which suggests that this site was not reoccupied in the late Roman period.
Millstone was quarried on Conwy Mountain during the Napoleonic wars.
Extensive quarry workings are also still visible on the mountain from more recent times with many ruined buildings and features such as narrow gauge rail systems and cable-ways still evident.
Many footpaths criss-cross Conwy Mountain and the main route comprises a section of the North Wales Path, a long distance walk of about 60 miles which runs close to the North Wales coast between Prestatyn and Bangor.
Logging this summit waymark earns you a point at www.summitcaching.org.uk