Porth Dinllaen
Porth Dinllaen is a ruins in Nefyn, Gwynedd, Wales. Porth Dinllaen is situated nearby to the pub Ty Coch Inn, as well as near the golf course Clwb Golff Nefyn.- Type: Ruins
- Also known as: “Trwyn Porth Dinllaen”
- Inscription: “Earthwork remains of a large promontory fort”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ty Coch Inn and Porthdinllaen Lifeboat Station.
Ty Coch Inn
Pub
Photo: Rob Farrow, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ty Coch Inn is a pub, which is situated 330 feet south of Porth Dinllaen.
Porthdinllaen Lifeboat Station
Building
Photo: Dewi, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Porthdinllaen Lifeboat Station sits on the spit of land north of the village of Morfa Nefyn, approximately 20 miles south-west of Caernarfon, on the north-west coast of the Llŷn Peninsula, within the community of Dwyfor in the county of Gwynedd, North Wales. Porthdinllaen Lifeboat Station is situated 1,300 feet northeast of Porth Dinllaen.
Llŷn Maritime Museum
Museum
Photo: Alan Fryer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llŷn Maritime Museum is situated 2 miles east of Porth Dinllaen.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Porthdinllaen and Morfa Nefyn.
Porthdinllaen
Hamlet
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Porthdinllaen is a small coastal village on the Llŷn Peninsula in the Dwyfor area of Gwynedd, Wales, built on a small promontory, and historically in Caernarfonshire.
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.
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.
Porth Dinllaen
- Category: historic site
- Location: Nefyn, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.94442° or 52° 56′ 40″ northLongitude
-4.56845° or 4° 34′ 6″ westOpen location code
9C4QWCVJ+QJOpenStreetMap ID
node 5505291694OpenStreetMap feature
historic=ruins
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In Other Languages
“Porth Dinllaen” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Porth Dinllaen”
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Highlights include Clwb Golff Nefyn and Clwb Golff Nefyn Golf Club.
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