Carreg y Fran
Carreg y Fran is in Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, Wales. Carreg y Fran is situated nearby to the quarry Slate Mine, as well as near Manod Quarries.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Manod Mawr North Top and Manod Mawr.
Manod Mawr North Top
Peak
Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.
Manod Mawr North Top is a mountain in North Wales and forms part of the Moelwynion. It lies directly to the north of its parent Manod Mawr, separated by the Graig Ddu Quarry.
Manod Mawr
Peak
Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.
Manod Mawr is a mountain in North Wales and forms part of the Moelwynion. Although known as a mountain in the eastern Moelwyns, it and its sister peaks are sometimes known as the Ffestiniog hills.
Rhiwbach quarry
Quarry
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rhiwbach quarry was a slate quarry located to the east of Blaenau Ffestiniog in North Wales. The quarry was a remote site; it was nearly 4 miles to north-east of Duffws, the Festiniog Railway's terminus in Blaenau Ffestiniog. Rhiwbach quarry is situated 3,600 feet northeast of Carreg y Fran.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cwm Penmachno and Manod.
Cwm Penmachno
Village
Photo: Stephen Elwyn RODDICK, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cwm Penmachno is a village at the head of Cwm Machno in North Wales. Cwm Penmachno is situated 1½ miles northeast of Carreg y Fran.
Manod
Village
Photo: David Stowell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Manod is a village, which is situated 2 miles west of Carreg y Fran.
Blaenau Ffestiniog
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Blaenau Ffestiniog is a small town in the Snowdonia Mountains in Wales. Blaenau Ffestiniog is a former slate-mining village and consists of one main road with all the others leading off it. Many visitors come to ride the historic narrow-gauge railway.
Carreg y Fran
- Type: Rock
- Category: landform
- Location: Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.98755° or 52° 59′ 15″ northLongitude
-3.88409° or 3° 53′ 3″ westOpen location code
9C4RX4Q8+29OpenStreetMap ID
way 363527093OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bare_rock
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