Caersaeson
Caersaeson is a farm in Maentwrog, Gwynedd, Wales. Caersaeson is situated nearby to the peak Craig Gyfynys, as well as near the forest Coed Llenyrch.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Coed y Rhygen National Nature Reserve and Trawsfynydd nuclear power station.
Coed y Rhygen National Nature Reserve
Nature reserve
Coed y Rhygen National Nature Reserve is located on the western shore of Llyn Trawsfynydd in Gwynedd, North Wales. As an example of Atlantic Rainforest, it is very wet and there are many different examples of mosses and liverworts that cover the ground and the trees.
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 1 mile east of Caersaeson.
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 1½ miles east of Caersaeson.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Gellilydan and Tan-y-Bwlch.
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.
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 2 miles northwest of Caersaeson.
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 2½ miles northeast of Caersaeson.
Caersaeson
- Type: Farm
- Category: agriculture
- Location: Maentwrog, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.9288° or 52° 55′ 44″ northLongitude
-3.96826° or 3° 58′ 6″ westOpen location code
9C4RW2HJ+GMOpenStreetMap ID
way 496864738OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=farmyard
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