Tomen-y-mor

Places of Interest Nearby

Tomen y Mur

Archaeological site

Photo: Maxentius2, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tomen y Mur is a Roman fort in Snowdonia, Gwynedd, 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.

Trawsfynydd nuclear power station

Photo: William M. Connolley, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Trawsfynydd nuclear power station is a former Magnox nuclear power station situated in Snowdonia National Park in Gwynedd, 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 Maentwrog power station. Trawsfynydd nuclear power station is situated 1 mile west of Tomen-y-mor.

Maentwrog Road railway station

Building

Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Maentwrog Road railway station was on the Great Western Railway's Bala Ffestiniog Line in Gwynedd, Wales. Maentwrog Road railway station is situated 1 mile northwest of Tomen-y-mor.

Places in the Area

Gellilydan

Village

Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gellilydan is a village in the Welsh county of Gwynedd, in Maentwrog community. It lies 4 miles south-south-east of Blaenau Ffestiniog and 1.2 miles north of Llyn Trawsfynydd and the disused Trawsfynydd nuclear power station. Gellilydan is situated 1½ miles west of Tomen-y-mor.

Trawsfynydd

Village

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Trawsfynydd is a linear village in Gwynedd, Wales, near Llyn Trawsfynydd reservoir, and adjacent to the A470 north of Bronaber and Dolgellau and 10 km south of Blaenau Ffestiniog. Trawsfynydd is situated 2 miles south of Tomen-y-mor.

Llan Ffestiniog

Village

Photo: Barry Hunter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Llan Ffestiniog, also known as Ffestiniog or simply Llan, is a village in Gwynedd, Wales, about 2 miles south of Blaenau Ffestiniog. Llan Ffestiniog is the older of the two communities, with its church and other buildings predating most of Blaenau Ffestiniog. Llan Ffestiniog is situated 2 miles north of Tomen-y-mor.

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