Copper Mine
Copper Mine is an archaeological site in Betws Garmon, Gwynedd, Wales. Copper Mine is situated nearby to the quarry Bwlchgylfin Trial Mine, as well as near the archaeological site Hut Circles.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Y Garn and Capel Drws-y-coed and Ty Capel.
Y Garn
Peak
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Y Garn is a top of Mynydd Drws-y-Coed in Snowdonia, north Wales and is the easterly end of the Nantlle Ridge. It has steep north-facing cliffs, the summit area being the highest point on a broad rocky plateau.
Capel Drws-y-coed and Ty Capel
Church
Mynydd Mawr
Peak
Photo: Stemonitis, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Mynydd Mawr is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales, approximately 7 km west of Snowdon itself, overlooking Llyn Cwellyn and being the northern outlier of the Moel Hebog group.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rhyd Ddu and Nantlle.
Rhyd Ddu
Photo: RICHARD OUTRAM, CC BY 2.0.
Rhyd-ddu is a small village in Snowdonia, North Wales which is a starting point for walks up Snowdon, Moel Hebog, Yr Aran and the Nantlle Ridge. It lies on the A4085 4 miles north of Beddgelert, at its junction with the B4418 to Nantlle and Penygroes. Rhyd Ddu railway station is one of the stops on the Welsh Highland Railway between Caernarfon and Porthmadog.
Nantlle
Village
Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nantlle is a small village in the slate quarrying Nantlle Valley in Gwynedd, Wales. It lies on the north shore of Llyn Nantlle Uchaf and is part of the community of Llanllyfni. The population was 228 in 2011 with 42% born in England. Nantlle is situated 2½ miles west of Copper Mine.
Y Fron
Village
Photo: Chris Andrews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Y Fron, also known locally as Cesarea, after the chapel, is a country village on the south-west side of Moel Tryfan, overlooking the Nantlle Valley, in North Wales, near Rhosgadfan and Carmel, on the tail of Mynydd Mawr, with epic views of Trum Y Ddysgl and Craig Cwm Silyn. Y Fron is situated 2½ miles west of Copper Mine.
Copper Mine
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Betws Garmon, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.05976° or 53° 3′ 35″ northLongitude
-4.16559° or 4° 9′ 56″ westOpen location code
9C5Q3R5M+WQOpenStreetMap ID
node 3827728246OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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