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The Lost Village of Cefnllys
Cefnllys is one of Wales’ most enigmatic places. It is a completely abandoned village, with very little trace of the settlement that was once there. Unlike most ruined castles, Cefnllys has vanished absolutely, with only the earthworks remaining. It is in fact the site of two fortresses, both of which were cursed and destroyed because they stood on a tomen, or enchanted hill, on the site of an earlier stronghold built by Prince Hafgan of Annwfn.
Quest: Visit the village and castle, and post a video if you disappear. We do not advise visiting at night. Take extreme care because the castle hill is supernaturally difficult to climb. This is because at some point it has been hit with a swyn cysgi, and no bard has been able to remove it. Many visitors have become exhausted whilst climbing what may appear to be an easy slope. tag #excaliburfilm in your photos & videos
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Local Knowledge
I heard the story about a shoemaker tricking a husband and wife pair of giants who wanted to settle on the island. The wife was carrying a massive pile of stones in her apron, supposedly to help build a shelter for them while they terrorised their locality. The brutes approached the frightened and small shoemaker, the husband snarling when he said that they were looking for a place to settle. He asked 'oh uhhhh whereabouts then?' to which they replied 'Anglesey'.
Although frightened by the pair, he quickly caught on that they had no idea that they were, in fact, right where they wanted to be! So he came up with a plan to trick the pair. He asked then to follow him and led them across the island towards the coast and pointed to Ireland, saying 'if it's Anglesey you are looking for, then there it is over there'.
This trick worked, the giants were caught unaware and were furious. The giants wife, in a huff, turned to his husband and yelled there was no way she was going to swim across the sea with all these stones in her apron and so dumped them on the coast.
Both giants, feeling dejected, left the island never to be seen again.
Arwyn Owen