Porth Neigwl
Porth Neigwl, also known in English as Hell's Mouth, is a broad bay, about 3 miles wide, on the south coast of the Llŷn Peninsula in North Wales. The bay faces south-west and lies between the headlands of Mynydd Rhiw to the west and Mynydd Cilan to the east.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in Wales, United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Hell Mouth”, “Hell’s Mouth”, and “Porth Nigel”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Plas yn Rhiw and St Engan’s Church.
Plas yn Rhiw
Museum
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Plas yn Rhiw is an early 17th-century manor house in Y Rhiw, Gwynedd in northwestern Wales. The estate consists of a small house of Tudor/Georgian style, a garden of just under one acre in size, and many wooded acres.
St Engan’s Church
Church
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Engan's Church is an active parish church in Llanengan, Gwynedd, Wales. The village lies in the south of the Llŷn Peninsula, south-west of Abersoch.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llanengan and Y Rhiw.
Llanengan
Village
Photo: Alan Fryer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanengan is a small village and community 1.2 mi around Abersoch in Gwynedd in north-west Wales. It had a population of 2,024 at the 2001 census, which had been reduced to 1,989 at the 2011 Census.
Y Rhiw
Hamlet
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Y Rhiw is a small village on the south west tip of the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd, Wales. The village forms part of the community of Aberdaron. From the village there are views towards Snowdonia. Nearby is the National Trust owned Plas yn Rhiw.
Llandegwning
Hamlet
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llandegwning is a village and former civil parish in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. The parish was abolished in 1934, and incorporated into Botwnnog.
Porth Neigwl
- Category: body of water
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.80089° or 52° 48′ 3″ northLongitude
-4.5843° or 4° 35′ 4″ westOpen location code
9C4QRC28+97OpenStreetMap ID
node 6125700374OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
2641817Wikidata ID
Q13130829
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Porth Neigwl” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Porth Neigwl”
- Cebuano: “Porth Neigwl”
- Swedish: “Porth Neigwl”
- Welsh: “Porth Neigwl”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Porth Neigwl and Mynydd y Graig.
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