season 5 locations

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Filming for the fifth season of Merlin began on 12 March. Hurrah! I will use this post to keep track of the locations we hear about during the year.


All the following locations we know about due to eye witness accounts or similar sources:

♦ Cardiff sets
♦ Chateau de Pierrefonds
♦ Trefil Quarry: Interestingly, this location was dressed with fake snow!
♦ Margam Country Park, near Neath and Port Talbot, Wales: A new location! Hurrah! Official website here and Wikipedia entry here.
♦ Caerphilly Castle, and nearby forest: Also with snow.
♦ Caerphilly Mountain: Wikipedia entry here.
♦ Clearwell Caves
♦ Cosmeston Medieval Village
♦ Puzzlewood
♦ Brecon Beacons
♦ Raglan Castle
♦ 'Merthyr Mawr Castle', near Bridgend, Wales: I assume this means Candleston Castle, though it could also be Ogmore Castle. In any case, another new location! Hurrah!
♦ Wenallt Woods
♦ Speech House Lake
♦ Fforest Fawr
♦ Huntsham Court Farm, in the Wye Valley

If you know of any more, please feel free to comment here. Thank you kindly! ♥

Please note, however, that we never hear about locations in advance, and we can't help you with being in the right place at the right time to witness the filming.



And a friendly reminder to my fellow Locations Geeks... who are a very considerate bunch! All mention of specific season five locations should be hidden behind an LJ cut, or discussed in a post's comments. This is for the sake of our fellow fans who wish to remain spoiler-free. Thank you, all!