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About Borth-y-Gest

Borth-y-Gest lies along the A497 coastal road, two kilometres south of Porthmadog in Gwynedd. The village sits in a sheltered spot on Tremadog Bay, with the A487 providing the main access from both north and south through Porthmadog or via Penrhyndeudraeth. Its name means "the belly of the fortress," referring to the Iron Age hillfort of Castell Dinas whose earthworks crown the hill above the village.

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Borth-y-Gest is in Wales, at 52.915, -4.138 - about 20 km south-west of Oakeley Square.

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