Step Back in Time with Merlin

Step back in time for the Merlin Festival taking place in throughout the town of Carmarthen on the 10th August 2013.

The Festival celebrates the legend and lore of Carmarthen’s ancient links with possibly the world’s most famous wizard, Merlin. Join in the festival fun and come into town in your best fancy dress as we want to blitz the town with wizards, magicians and Harry Potter look alikes. Live performances will transform the town’s streets with roaming performances by magicians, themed stilt walkers, Welsh folk music and arts and craft workshops and lots more, bringing life to the oldest town in Wales.

A Merlin hunt has also been organised around the town. Take a look at the clues below to see if you can find the 7 hidden Merlins and find the secret word that they spell out.  A top prize of a £100 Argos voucher and a family cinema ticket to the Vue cinema is up for grabs thanks to Merlin’s Walk Shopping Centre and St Catherine’s Walk. Can you find them? Entry forms are available from Carmarthen Tourist Information Centre, Castle House, adjacent to County Hall.

Clues for the hunt:
Merlins Walk            - Big Labels Small Prices

                                    - Jewellers Corner

St Catherine’s Walk -  Surf's up Dude!
                                     - Oriental Buffet

Kings Street              -   Time for Tea

Nott Square             - Play A Tune...

Indoor Market          -   How much is that doggy in the window?

Entries should be handed in on the day to locations in Merlin’s Walk , St. Catherine’s Walk and Carmarthen Tourist Information Centre . Organisers will get in touch with the prize winner. 

Why Carmarthen?

Carmarthen is reputedly Wales’s oldest town, with a history dating back more than 2,000 years and is linked to Merlin through its name and celebrates its links with the legendary wizard each year. Merlin is best known as the magician of Arthurian legend but Carmarthen lays its own claim to the man of mystery from the past.The name Myrddin may have arisen from the Roman period Celtic name for a place in Wales, Mori-dunon meaning 'sea fort.' The name became Carmarthen / Caerfyrddin, which can be loosely translated as Fort of Moridunum, since a caer is a fortified royal residence. It seems that the name was taken to mean 'Caer of some man called Myrddin'. 


For more information, contact: marketing@carmarthenshire.gov.uk




Camwch yn ôl mewn amser ar gyfer Gŵyl Merlin sy'n digwydd yn y dref Caerfyrddin ar Awst 10, 2013.Mae'r Ŵyl yn dathlu chwedl a llên Caerfyrddin, AA gysylltiadau hynafol gyda bosib y byd, AoS dewin mwyaf enwog, Merlin. Ymunwch yn yr hwyl yr ŵyl ac yn dod i mewn i'r dref yn eich gwisg ffansi gorau rydym am blitz y dref gyda dewiniaid, swynwyr, harry crochenydd alikes edrych. Bydd perfformiadau byw trawsnewid y dref, gyda strydoedd AoS crwydro perfformiadau gan dewiniaid, cerddwyr stiltiau thema, cerddoriaeth werin Gymreig a chelf a chrefft a llawer mwy, yn dod â bywyd i'r dref hynaf yng Nghymru.Mae hefyd helfa Merlin wedi cael ei drefnu o amgylch y dref. Cymerwch olwg ar y cliwiau isod i weld a allwch chi ddod o hyd i'r Merlin 7 cudd, AoS a'r dod o hyd i'r gair gyfrinach bod maent yn sillafu allan. Mae brif wobr o £ ¬ taleb 100 o Argos a thocyn sinema teulu i'r sinema Vue yw i'w hennill diolch i Merlin, AOS Walk Canolfan Siopa a St Catherine, Taith Gerdded yr AoS. Allwch chi ddod o hyd iddynt? Ffurflenni cais ar gael o Ganolfan Groeso Caerfyrddin, Tŷ Castell, ger Neuadd y Sir, neu cliciwch yma i'w lawrlwytho.Cliwiau ar gyfer y helfa:Merlins Taith Gerdded - Labeli Mawr Prisiau Bach

                                    - Jewellers Corner
 St Catherine, Rhodfa AOS - Syrffio i fyny Dude!
                                     - Bwffe Oriental
 Stryd y Brenin - Amser Te
 Sgwâr Nott - Chwarae Tune ...
 Marchnad Dan Do - Faint yw bod cŵn yn y ffenestr?Dylai ceisiadau gael eu rhoi i mewn ar y diwrnod i leoliadau yn Merlin, Walk AoS, St Catherine, Taith Gerdded AoS a'r Ganolfan Groeso Caerfyrddin. Bydd y trefnwyr yn cysylltu â'r enillydd gwobr.
Pam Caerfyrddin?

Mae Caerfyrddin yn ôl pob sôn Cymru, AOS tref hynaf, â hanes sy'n dyddio'n ôl mwy na 2,000 o flynyddoedd ac mae'n gysylltiedig â Merlin drwy ei enw ac yn dathlu ei chysylltiadau â'r dewin chwedlonol bob blwyddyn. Merlin yn fwyaf adnabyddus fel y dewin o chwedl Arthuraidd ond Caerfyrddin dodwy ei gais ei hun i'r dyn o ddirgelwch o'r enw past.The Myrddin fod wedi deillio o gyfnod y Rhufeiniaid enw Celtaidd am le yng Nghymru, caer y môr Mori-dunon golygu ' . ' Daeth yr enw Caerfyrddin / Caerfyrddin, y gellir ei gyfieithu fras fel Fort o Moridunum, gan fod caer yn gartref brenhinol caerog. Mae'n ymddangos bod yr enw ei dynnu 'Caer o ryw ddyn o'r enw Myrddin' i olygu.Am fwy o wybodaeth, cysylltwch â: marketing@carmarthenshire.gov.uk