Creigiau-duon

Creigiau-duon is a farm in Maentwrog, Gwynedd, Wales. Creigiau-duon is situated nearby to the building Maentwrog Road railway station, as well as near the forest Coed y Llwyn.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tomen y Mur and Trawsfynydd nuclear power station.

Tomen y Mur

Archaeological site

Photo: Maxentius2, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tomen y Mur is a Roman fort in Snowdonia, Gwynedd, Wales, dating to the first century AD. The fortification, which lies on the slope of an isolated spur northeast of Llyn Trawsfynydd, was constructed during the North Wales campaigns of governor Gnaeus Julius Agricola in AD 78. Tomen y Mur is situated 1 mile east of Creigiau-duon.

Trawsfynydd nuclear power station

Photo: William M. Connolley, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Trawsfynydd nuclear power station is a former Magnox nuclear power station situated in Snowdonia National Park in Gwynedd, Wales. The plant, which became operational in 1965, was the only nuclear power station in the UK to be built inland, with cooling water that was taken from the artificial Llyn Trawsfynydd reservoir which also supplies the hydro-electric Maentwrog power station. Trawsfynydd nuclear power station is situated 3,200 feet south of Creigiau-duon.

Maentwrog Road railway station

Building

Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Maentwrog Road railway station was on the Great Western Railway's Bala Ffestiniog Line in Gwynedd, Wales. Maentwrog Road railway station is situated 2,400 feet north of Creigiau-duon.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Gellilydan and Llan Ffestiniog.

Gellilydan

Village

Photo: David Medcalf, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Gellilydan is a village in the Welsh county of Gwynedd, in Maentwrog community. It lies 4 miles south-south-east of Blaenau Ffestiniog and 1.2 miles north of Llyn Trawsfynydd and the disused Trawsfynydd nuclear power station.

Llan Ffestiniog

Village

Photo: Barry Hunter, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Llan Ffestiniog, also known as Ffestiniog or simply Llan, is a village in Gwynedd, Wales, about 2 miles south of Blaenau Ffestiniog. Llan Ffestiniog is the older of the two communities, with its church and other buildings predating most of Blaenau Ffestiniog. Llan Ffestiniog is situated 2 miles north of Creigiau-duon.

Tan-y-Bwlch

Hamlet

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Tan-y-Bwlch lies in the Snowdonia National Park in North Wales and is primarily known as the location of Tan-y-Bwlch railway station, on the narrow gauge Ffestiniog Railway. Tan-y-Bwlch is situated 2½ miles northwest of Creigiau-duon.

Creigiau-duon

Type: Farm
Category: agriculture
Location: Maentwrog, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.93376° or 52° 56′ 2″ north

Longitude

-3.94649° or 3° 56′ 47″ west

Open location code

9C4RW3M3+GC

OpenStreetMap ID

way 373577743

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=farmyard

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