Discover the legend of two dragons

Building a castle at Dinas Emrys, Craflwyn

In the fifth century the Celtic King Vortigern chose Dinas Emrys as the site for his castle. From here he hoped to escape the Saxons but his plans for a fortress weren't going well.

Every night the royal masons would lay down their tools only to return the next day to find they'd vanished. Overnight their carefully crafted walls had fallen down too.

A magical child

This was repeated day after day until Vortigern was forced to seek the help of sorcerers and magicians. They advised that the ground should be sprinkled with the blood of a child born to a human mother and a father from the ‘other world’.

Merlin and the dragons’ lair

A search was launched and eventually the child was found in Caer Myrddin in Carmarthen and preparations for the sacrifice were made. But the child, Myrddin Emrys, was no ordinary child. In fact, he was Merlin the wizard.

Merlin convinced Vortigern that two dragons lay sleeping under a lake inside the mountain. He told him that they were destroying the foundations of his fortress.