Former ROC Nuclear Monitoring Post 1959-69

Former ROC Nuclear Monitoring Post 1959-69 is an archaeological site in Llanrug, Gwynedd, Wales. Former ROC Nuclear Monitoring Post 1959-69 is situated nearby to the peak Garreg Lefain, as well as near the village Waunfawr.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Waunfawr railway station and St Michael’s Church, Llanrug.

Waunfawr railway station

Railway station

Photo: Herbert Ortner, CC BY 3.0.

Waunfawr is a station on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway, located to the south of the village of the same name. It was built in 1877 by the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways as part of their Moel Tryfan Undertaking, to carry dressed slate to Dinas Junction on the London and North Western Railway. Waunfawr railway station is situated 1¼ miles south of Former ROC Nuclear Monitoring Post 1959-69.

St Michael’s Church, Llanrug

Church

Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St Michael’s Church, Llanrug is situated 1¼ miles north of Former ROC Nuclear Monitoring Post 1959-69.

Tryfan Junction railway station

Railway station

Photo: Peter Holmes, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Tryfan Junction is a junction station on the North Wales Narrow Gauge Railways for the main line and the Bryngwyn Branch. Opened in 1877, it closed in 1936 and the building fell into ruin. It was reopened as a request stop in 2011, and the station renovated. Tryfan Junction railway station is situated 2 miles southwest of Former ROC Nuclear Monitoring Post 1959-69.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Waunfawr and Cwm-y-glo.

Waunfawr

Village

Photo: Ian Russell, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Waunfawr is a village and community, 4 miles southeast of Caernarfon, in Gwynedd, Wales. It is located near Snowdonia.

Cwm-y-glo

Village

Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cwm-y-glo is a small village in Wales, 4+1⁄2 miles east of Caernarfon, between Llanberis and Llanrug. It is in the Dwyfor Meirionnydd UK constituency, the community of Llanrug, and the Gwynedd Council electoral ward. Cwm-y-glo is situated 2 miles northeast of Former ROC Nuclear Monitoring Post 1959-69.

Caeathro

Village

Photo: John Firth, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Caeathro is a village situated on the A4085 road between Caernarfon and Waunfawr in Gwynedd, northwest Wales. It is one and a half miles from Caernarfon and two miles from Waunfawr, and is part of the community of Waunfawr. Caeathro is situated 2 miles west of Former ROC Nuclear Monitoring Post 1959-69.

Former ROC Nuclear Monitoring Post 1959-69

Type: Archaeological site
Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: Llanrug, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.12546° or 53° 7′ 32″ north

Longitude

-4.19962° or 4° 11′ 59″ west

Open location code

9C5Q4RG2+55

OpenStreetMap ID

node 2263034718

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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