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Castle Ruin on Grassy Headland

A stone castle ruin sits atop a grassy headland overlooking a calm sea at dawn, with distant mountains visible under a soft, pastel-colored sky.

Criccieth Castle on its headland above Tremadog Bay at dawn, first light from the east behind the camera warming the twin-towered gatehouse, the sea beyond flat and pale violet, the LlÅ·n hills blue in the distance, dew on the grass slope, rose, pale violet and slate blue, 85mm from the east beach See more

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