Ynys
Ynys is a farm in Buan, Gwynedd, Wales. Ynys is situated nearby to the aerodrome Dinas Farm Private Airstrip, as well as near the peak Moel Caerau.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of St Ceidio and Carn Fadryn.
Church of St Ceidio
Church
Photo: Alan Fryer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of St Ceidio is situated 4,000 feet northeast of Ynys.
Carn Fadryn
Peak
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Carn Fadryn, sometimes Carn Fadrun or Garn Fadryn, is a five-hectare Iron Age hillfort and is the name of the mountain on which the fort is situated. It lies in the centre of the Llŷn Peninsula, Gwynedd, and overlooks the village of Garnfadryn, Wales.
Garn Boduan
Peak
Photo: John S Turner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Garn Boduan is an Iron Age hillfort and hill near Nefyn, on the Llŷn Peninsula in Wales. In a survey in the 1950s the traces of over 170 round houses were identified on this site, and around 100 round houses are still visible on the ground. Garn Boduan is situated 2½ miles northeast of Ynys.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Edern and Morfa Nefyn.
Edern
Hamlet
Photo: Alan Fryer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Edern, formerly known as Edeyrn, is a village and until 1939 a civil parish, in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. It is about 1 km southwest of the larger village of Morfa Nefyn, near Caernarfon Bay on the north coast of the Llŷn Peninsula, on the B4417 road. Edern is situated 1½ miles north of Ynys.
Morfa Nefyn
Village
Photo: Shirley Roulston, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Morfa Nefyn is a village on the northern coast of the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd, Wales. It lies on the crossroads of the B4417 and B4412. The village has seen a rise in popularity as house prices in nearby villages on the Llŷn Peninsula such as Abersoch and Llanbedrog have risen rapidly. Morfa Nefyn is situated 2 miles north of Ynys.
Boduan
Hamlet
Photo: Alan Fryer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Boduan is a village in Gwynedd, Wales, about 4 miles from Pwllheli. It is in the historic county of Caernarfonshire. It was due to host the National Eisteddfod in 2021 but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, instead it hosted the 2023 edition. Garn Boduan, a hillfort built soon after Roman occupation, is located in the village. Boduan is situated 2½ miles east of Ynys.
Ynys
- Type: Farm
- Categories: locality and agriculture
- Location: Buan, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.9043° or 52° 54′ 16″ northLongitude
-4.55644° or 4° 33′ 23″ westOpen location code
9C4QWC3V+PCOpenStreetMap ID
node 4017977522OpenStreetMap feature
place=farm
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