Gelert’s Grave
Gelert’s Grave is a monument in Beddgelert, Gwynedd, Wales. Gelert’s Grave is situated nearby to the church St Marys, as well as near the pub Tanronnen Inn.Photo: Jeff Buck, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Beddgelert railway station and Royal Goat Hotel.
Beddgelert railway station
Railway station
Photo: Patrick Mackie, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Beddgelert railway station is a railway station on the narrow gauge Welsh Highland Railway in North Wales. The rebuilt station was officially opened by Lord Elis-Thomas on 7 April 2009. Beddgelert railway station is situated 1,600 feet northwest of Gelert’s Grave.
Royal Goat Hotel
Hotel
Photo: John Firth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Royal Goat Hotel is situated 1,100 feet northwest of Gelert’s Grave.
Tanronnen Inn
Pub
Photo: Mark Percy, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tanronnen Inn is a pub, which is situated 980 feet north of Gelert’s Grave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nantmor and Croesor.
Nantmor
Village
Photo: William Matthews, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Nantmor is a hamlet which lies about 1½ miles to the south of the village of Beddgelert in Gwynedd, Wales. The current spelling of the name Nantmor is more modern – most old documents from the 16th to the 18th century record the name as Nanmor.
Croesor
Village
Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Croesor is a small village in Gwynedd, Wales, located at the foot of Cnicht, in Cwm Croesor, in the community of Llanfrothen. The Croesor Tramway travelled along the bed of the cwm, before rising steeply to Bwlch Rhosydd via Croesor Incline. Croesor is situated 3 miles southeast of Gelert’s Grave.
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.
Gelert’s Grave
- Type: Monument
- Description: Grade II listed building in Gwynedd. Located in a field approximately 350m SW of St Mary’s Church, in an oval enclosure with plain modern railings.
- Categories: grave and historic site
- Location: Beddgelert, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
53.00876° or 53° 0′ 32″ northLongitude
-4.10226° or 4° 6′ 8″ westOpen location code
9C5Q2V5X+G3OpenStreetMap ID
node 866569759OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q29498276
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In Other Languages
“Gelert’s Grave” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Bedd Gelert”
- Welsh: “carreg fedd Gelert”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include St Marys and Beddgelert Post Office.
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