Port-yr-hirfaen
Port-yr-hirfaen is a hamlet in Porthmadog, Gwynedd, Wales. Port-yr-hirfaen is situated nearby to the hamlet Coed-y-Llyn, as well as near Cae Shôn.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Cynhaearn’s Church and Criccieth Castle.
St Cynhaearn’s Church
Church
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Cynhaearn's Church is a redundant church standing in an isolated position on Ynyscynhaearn, a former island in Llyn Ystumllyn, 900 metres south of the village of Pentrefelin, near Criccieth in Gwynedd, Wales.
Criccieth Castle
Photo: Barry Skeates, CC BY 2.0.
Criccieth Castle is a ruined thirteenth-century castle in Criccieth, Gwynedd, Wales. It is located on a rocky headland overlooking Tremadog Bay and consists of an inner ward almost surrounded by an outer ward. Criccieth Castle is situated 2 miles west of Port-yr-hirfaen.
Moel y Gest
Peak
Photo: Mattcymru2, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Moel y Gest is a 263 m hill to the west of Porthmadog in North Wales. It is a very rocky hill with high topographic prominence because of the lower land that surrounds it on all sides, and qualifies as a Marilyn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Morfa Bychan and Criccieth.
Morfa Bychan
Village
Photo: Peter Gordois, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Morfa Bychan is a village located in Gwynedd, North Wales, with a population of over 500, with an almost equal number of people born in England or Wales.
Criccieth
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Criccieth is a town in Gwynedd. It is one of the more easterly towns on the south coast of Llŷn and overlooks Tremadog Bay. It is associated with the one time prime minister of the UK, David Lloyd George, who grew up in the nearby village of Llanystumdwy.
Penmorfa
Village
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penmorfa is a village, which is situated 2 miles northeast of Port-yr-hirfaen.
Port-yr-hirfaen
- Type: Hamlet
- Category: locality
- Location: Porthmadog, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.91935° or 52° 55′ 10″ northLongitude
-4.19003° or 4° 11′ 24″ westOpen location code
9C4QWR95+PXOpenStreetMap ID
node 8272200920OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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