Conwy Mountain

About

Conwy Mountain or Mynydd y Dref sits to the west of the town of Conwy. The views of Conwy town and Llandudno's Great Orme are breathtaking. There is a small car park at the foot of the mountain, the mountain can also be reached via the Sychnant Pass. 

On top of Conwy Mountain is Castell Caer Seion, an Iron Age hillfort excavated in 1951 with further excavation in 2008. But these did not produce any dating evidence and showed that the fort was occupied from at least the middle of the Iron Age, about 300 BC. Castell Caer Seion comprised a stone walled fort, and remains show this to have been an extensive site, incorporated huts circles and levelled platform houses, and with a citadel outposts. The hill fort site offers fantastic views over Conwy, the estuary, and Llandudno including the Great Orme.