Y Lasynys Fawr
Y Lasynys Fawr is a museum in Talsarnau, Gwynedd, Wales. Y Lasynys Fawr is situated nearby to the quarry Lletty’r Wialch Manganese Mine, as well as near the hamlet Eisingrug.Photo: Oosoom, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: Located at the NE boundary of the community, set back some 250m from the road and sited against a rocky outcrop in the former flood plain; accessed from the road via an unmetalled track and set behind low rubble forecourt walls to the SE.
- Also known as: “Lasynys” and “Lasynys Fawr”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Harlech Castle and Harlech railway station.
Harlech Castle
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Harlech Castle in Harlech, Gwynedd, Wales, is a Grade I listed medieval fortification built onto a rocky knoll close to the Irish Sea. It was built by Edward I during his invasion of Wales between 1282 and 1289 at the relatively modest cost of £8,190. Harlech Castle is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Y Lasynys Fawr.
Harlech railway station
Railway station
Photo: Tom Parnell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Harlech railway station is located at a level crossing on the A496 in the centre of the town of Harlech in Gwynedd, North Wales. The waiting shelters were installed to cater for the high numbers of schoolchildren commuting to and from the adjacent secondary school, Ysgol Ardudwy. Harlech railway station is situated 1¼ miles southwest of Y Lasynys Fawr.
Tygwyn railway station
Railway station
Photo: Mattbuck, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tygwyn railway station is located at a level crossing on the A496 between Harlech and Talsarnau near the estuary of the Afon Dwyryd in Gwynedd, Wales. Tygwyn railway station is situated 1½ miles north of Y Lasynys Fawr.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Harlech and Eisingrug.
Harlech
Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Harlech is a town in north Wales, the location of a magnificently-situated medieval castle and the steepest street in the world, Ffordd Pen Llech.
Eisingrug
Hamlet
Photo: Nigel Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eisingrug is a rural hamlet near Harlech, Gwynedd, Wales. It is located to the southeast of Porthmadog. Formerly at the edge of the parish of Llandecwyn, the hamlet was served by the church of Saint Tecwyn in the hills above Llandecwyn, and a Wesleyan Methodist chapel at the other end of the Bryn Bwbach to Esingrug road.
Soar
Village
Photo: Arthur C Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Soar is a small village or hamlet in Gwynedd, Wales. It is located about 4 miles northeast of Harlech, close to Talsarnau and Llandecwyn. It has no school; children in the hamlet go to school in Talsarnau. Soar is situated 2 miles northeast of Y Lasynys Fawr.
Y Lasynys Fawr
- Categories: farmhouse, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Talsarnau, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.87423° or 52° 52′ 27″ northLongitude
-4.08735° or 4° 5′ 15″ westOpen location code
9C4QVWF7+M3OpenStreetMap ID
way 1075158546OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q29484377
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In Other Languages
“Y Lasynys Fawr” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Lasynys”
- Welsh: “Y Lasynys Fawr”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lletty’r Wialch Manganese Mine and Manganese Mine.
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