Llyn yr Oerfel

Places of Interest

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.

Rhaeadr Cynfal

Waterfall

Photo: Pierre Terre, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rhaeadr Cynfal is a waterfall.

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.

Places in the Area

Snowdonia National Park

Photo: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Snowdonia National Park, officially known as Eryri National Park since 2022, is like a little slice of the Alps tucked above the rolling moors and hills of North Wales.

Trawsfynydd

Village

Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Trawsfynydd is a linear village in Gwynedd, Wales, near Llyn Trawsfynydd reservoir, and adjacent to the A470 north of Bronaber and Dolgellau and 10 km south of Blaenau Ffestiniog.

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.

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