Castell Cidwm
Castell Cidwm is a locality in Wales, United Kingdom. Castell Cidwm is situated nearby to the locality Chwarel Goch, as well as near Cwm Planwydd.Places of Interest
Highlights include Plas-y-Nant railway station and Llyn Cwellyn.
Plas-y-Nant railway station
Railway station
Photo: Velela, Public domain.
Plas-y-Nant is an unstaffed halt on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway.
Llyn Cwellyn
Reservoir
Photo: Velela, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Llyn Cwellyn is a reservoir in North Wales which supplies drinking water to parts of Gwynedd and Anglesey. It lies on Afon Gwyrfai in Nant y Betws between Moel Eilio and Mynydd Mawr in the northern part of Snowdonia National Park.
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 Y Fron.
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.
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 Castell Cidwm.
Waunfawr
Village
Photo: Ian Russell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Waunfawr is a village and community, 6 kilometres SE of Caernarfon, near the Snowdonia National Park, Gwynedd, in Wales. Waunfawr is situated 3 miles northwest of Castell Cidwm.
Castell Cidwm
- Type: Locality
- Categories: archaeological site and historic site
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.07571° or 53° 4′ 33″ northLongitude
-4.16577° or 4° 9′ 57″ westOpen location code
9C5Q3RGM+7MOpenStreetMap ID
node 4705249994OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteOpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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