Moel Llyfnant Manganese Mine

Moel Llyfnant Manganese Mine is an archaeological site in Llanuwchllyn, Gwynedd, Wales. Moel Llyfnant Manganese Mine is situated nearby to the peak Foel Ystrodur Bach, as well as near Foel Ystrodur Fawr.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Moel Llyfnant and Foel Ystrodur Fawr.

Moel Llyfnant

Peak

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Moel Llyfnant is a mountain in the southern portion of the Snowdonia National Park in Gwynedd, Wales. It is a peak in the Arenig mountain range. It lies to the west of Arenig Fawr.

Foel Ystrodur Fawr

Peak

Photo: Dewi, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Foel Ystrodur Fawr is a peak.

Arenig Fawr South Ridge Top

Peak

Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.

Arenig Fawr South Ridge Top is a top of Arenig Fawr in southern Snowdonia, North Wales. It lies in area of rocky knolls and small tarns, found on the broad south ridge of Arenig Fawr.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Snowdonia National Park and Parc.

Snowdonia National Park

Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Snowdonia National Park, officially known as Eryri National Park since 2022, is like a little slice of the Alps tucked above the rolling moors and hills of North Wales.

Parc

Village

Photo: Rick Crowley, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Parc is a village, which is situated 4½ miles east of Moel Llyfnant Manganese Mine.

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. Capel Celyn is situated 4½ miles northeast of Moel Llyfnant Manganese Mine.

Moel Llyfnant Manganese Mine

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

52.90059° or 52° 54′ 2″ north

Longitude

-3.77349° or 3° 46′ 25″ west

Open location code

9C4RW62G+6J

OpenStreetMap ID

node 4593354289

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=archaeological_site

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