Cerrig y Ddinas (C) Jonathan Wilkins :: Geograph Britain and Ireland

SH7573 : Cerrig y Ddinas

near to Rowen, Conwy, Great Britain

Cerrig y Ddinas

This shattered and gnarly hill is the "rock of the citadel", but traces of the hill fort are difficult to discern. The hill comprises an intrusive mass of dolerite (microgabbro) associated with the basaltic volcanic outburst at the end of the Caradoc igneous activity towards the end of the Ordovician. The tough dolerite has resisted weathering and erosion better than the hyaloclastites (basaltic tuff) into which it is intruded.

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2012

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Grid Square: SH7573, 24 images (more nearby)
Photographer: Jonathan Wilkins (find more nearby)
Image classification^?: Geograph
Date Taken: Friday, 2 March, 2012 (more nearby)
Submitted: Friday, 2 March, 2012
Geographical Context: Geological interest Uplands
Subject Location: OSGB36: SH 7543 7394 [10m precision]
WGS84: 53:14.8688N 3:52.1040W
Photographer Location: OSGB36: SH 7537 7389
View Direction: Northeast (about 45 degrees)