
Castell Dinas Brân
Medieval castle in Llangollen, WalesWikipedia
3
MENTIONS
2
EPISODES
2
PODCASTS
Search complete. 3 mentions across 2 episodes found for "Castell Dinas Brân".
Sep 22, 2026
My Beloved and I: The Ladies of Llangollen
S
9:04speaker_0HOST
There is a stone bridge over the Dee, old even then, and the water under it is fast and brown and full of light.
S
9:16speaker_0HOST
Above the village, on a bare cone of a hill, there is the ruin of a castle called Dinas Bran, a broken crown of gray stone against the sky.
S
9:29speaker_0HOST
Beyond that, a line of pale limestone cliffs, sheep on the slopes, smoke from the chimneys.
S
9:40speaker_0HOST
On the hill just above the village, there is a small two-story cottage of whitewashed stone at the top of a field with a brook running through the garden.
30 MINS LATER
S
39:26speaker_0HOST
It sits at the bottom of a green bowl of hills.
S
39:33speaker_0HOST
There is a stone bridge over the Dee, old even then, and the water under it is fast and brown and full of light.
S
39:50speaker_0HOST
Above the village, on a bare cone of a hill, there is the ruin of a castle called Dinas Bran, a broken crown of gray stone against the sky.
S
40:08speaker_0HOST
Beyond that, a line of pale limestone cliffs.
Why Mountain Rescue Callouts Are Rising
A
5:55Amy GreenGUEST
But I don't remember ever seeing an announcement that it had happened.
A
5:58Amy GreenGUEST
Although I do remember back in my early days as a countryside ranger, once being Richard knows where this is, Dinas Bran above the old castle ruins.
A
6:09Amy GreenGUEST
So it's a really cool bit of castle ruins on top of a hill.
A
6:14Amy GreenGUEST
And we were sat having our lunch because we'd been working up there and some tourists came past and they were telling us with immense authority about this golden eagle that they had just seen.