North Wales
Gwynedd
Maentwrog

Tomen y Mur

Tomen y Mur is a Roman fort in , , Wales, dating to the first century AD. The fortification, which lies on the slope of an isolated spur northeast of Llyn Trawsfynydd, was constructed during the North Wales campaigns of governor Gnaeus Julius Agricola in AD 78.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: Roman fort and motte-and-bailey castle in Gwynedd, Wales
  • Also known as: “Tomen y Mur Roman Fort” and “Tomen Y Mur Roman Fort”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Braich-Ddu quarry and Trawsfynydd nuclear power station.

Quarry
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 1 mile east of Tomen y Mur.

Photo: William M. Connolley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a former Magnox nuclear power station situated in in , Wales. The plant, which became operational in 1965, was the only nuclear power station in the UK to be built inland, with cooling water that was taken from the artificial Llyn Trawsfynydd reservoir which also supplies the hydro-electric . is situated 1 mile west of Tomen y Mur.

Building
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
was on the Great Western Railway's Bala Ffestiniog Line in , Wales. is situated 1 mile northwest of Tomen y Mur.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gellilydan and Trawsfynydd.

Village
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village in the county of , in community. It lies 4 miles south-south-east of and 1.2 miles north of Llyn Trawsfynydd and the disused .

Village
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a linear village in , Wales, near Llyn reservoir, and adjacent to the A470 north of Bronaber and and 10 km south of . is situated 2 miles south of Tomen y Mur.

Village
Photo: Barry Hunter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
, also known as Ffestiniog or simply Llan, is a village in , , about 2 miles south of . is the older of the two communities, with its church and other buildings predating most of Blaenau Ffestiniog. is situated 2 miles north of Tomen y Mur.

Tomen y Mur

Latitude
52.92932° or 52° 55′ 46″ north
Longitude
-3.92719° or 3° 55′ 38″ west
Elevation
958 feet (292 metres)
Open location code
9C4RW3HF+P4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 2925784479
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
6286760
Wiki­data ID
Q12071213
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Welsh—“Tomen y Mur” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Tomen y Mur”
  • German: “Tomen y Mur”
  • Italian: “Tomen y Mur”
  • Swedish: “Tomen y Mur”
  • Welsh: “Tomen y Mur”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tomen y Mur”. Photo: Maxentius2, CC BY-SA 3.0.