Graig Ddu
Graig Ddu is a peak in Llandderfel, Gwynedd, Wales and has an elevation of 1,762 feet. Graig Ddu is situated nearby to the locality Ffridd Cwmhesgyn, as well as near the village Frongoch.- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,762 feet
- Description: hill (537m) in Gwynedd
- Also known as: “Craig Ddu”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Carnedd y Filiast and Llyn Celyn.
Carnedd y Filiast
Peak
Photo: John Horner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carnedd y Filiast is a mountain near Cerrigydrudion on the border of the Snowdonia National Park, North Wales and is 669 metres high.
Llyn Celyn
Reservoir
Photo: Velela, Public domain.
Llyn Celyn is a reservoir constructed between 1960 and 1965 including the highly controversial Tryweryn flooding in the valley of the River Tryweryn in Gwynedd, Wales.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Frongoch and Capel Celyn.
Frongoch
Village
Photo: Ralph Rawlinson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Frongoch is a village located in Gwynedd, Wales. It lies close to the market town of Bala, on the A4212 road. It was the home of the Frongoch internment camp, used to hold German prisoners-of-war during First World War, and then Irish Republican prisoners from the 1916 Rising.
Capel Celyn
Locality
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Capel Celyn was a rural community to the northwest of Bala in Merionethshire, Wales, in the Tryweryn valley. The village and other parts of the valley were flooded in the Tryweryn flooding of 1965 to create a reservoir, Llyn Celyn, in order to supply Liverpool and Wirral with water for industry.
Llidiardau
Hamlet
Photo: Eirian Evans, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llidiardau is a small hamlet in Gwynedd, North Wales, approximately 4 miles northwest of Bala, on an unnamed road, 2.3 miles from Arenig Fawr and in the shadow of Mynydd Nodol. The community population taken at the 2011 census was 20.
Graig Ddu
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Llandderfel, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.97177° or 52° 58′ 18″ northLongitude
-3.65661° or 3° 39′ 24″ westElevation
1,762 feet (537 metres)Open location code
9C4RX8CV+P9OpenStreetMap ID
node 29778782OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
“Graig Ddu” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Graig Ddu”
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