Twll Mawr Matilda

Twll Mawr Matilda is a locality in Llanddeiniolen, Gwynedd, Wales. Twll Mawr Matilda is situated nearby to the locality Sinc Harriet, as well as near Serengeti.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dinorwic quarry and Dolbadarn Castle.

Dinorwic quarry

Quarry

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Dinorwic quarry is a large former slate quarry, now home to the Welsh National Slate Museum, located between the villages of Llanberis and Dinorwig in Wales.

Dolbadarn Castle

Castle

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Dolbadarn Castle is a fortification built by the Welsh prince Llywelyn the Great during the early 13th century, at the base of the Llanberis Pass, in northern Wales.

National Slate Museum

Museum

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The National Slate Museum is located at Gilfach Ddu, the 19th-century workshops of the now disused Dinorwic quarry, within the Padarn Country Park, Llanberis, Gwynedd.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dinorwig and Llanberis.

Dinorwig, historically spelled as Dinorwic in English, is a village located high above Llyn Padarn, near Llanberis, in Wales. The name is shared with the fort of Dinas Dinorwig, also within the community of Llanddeiniolen, on a foothill 6 kilometres from Dinorwig village and 3 kilometres from the Menai Strait and also with Port Dinorwic, the anglicised name of Y Felinheli.

Llanberis

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Llanberis is a village, community and electoral ward in Gwynedd, northwest Wales, on the southern bank of the lake Llyn Padarn and at the foot of Snowdon, the highest mountain in Wales.