Tomen y Mur, Snowdonia National Park

Name: Tomen y Mur
Address: Snowdonia National Park, United Kingdom

#56 among attractions in Snowdonia National Park

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Tomen y Mur is a First Century AD Roman fort in Snowdonia, Gwynedd, Wales. 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. The fort stood adjacent to the Roman road known as Sarn Helen. It was occupied until it was abandoned around AD 140. In the 11th century, the Normans reused part of the site for a motte. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 52°55'47"N, 3°55'39"W

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Nearby attractions include: St Twrog's Church, Bryn Cader Faner, Moel Ysgyfarnogod, Manod Mawr.

2.8 miW
Church
St Twrog's Church, Snowdonia National Park
72 min walk • Saint Twrog's Church is in the village of Maentwrog in the Welsh county of Gwynedd, lying in the Vale of Ffestiniog, within the Snowdonia National Park. It is in the Deanery of Ardudwy. It is designated by Cadw as a Grade II listed building. A church was founded on the current site in the 6th century by Saint Twrog.
4.1 miSW
Memorial
Bryn Cader Faner, Snowdonia National Park
105 min walk • Bryn Cader Faner is a Bronze Age round cairn which lies to the east of the small hamlet of Talsarnau in the Ardudwy area of Gwynedd in Wales. The diameter is 8.7 metres and there are 18 thin jagged pillars which jut upwards from the low cairn. It is thought to date back to the late third millennium BC.
3.8 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Moel Ysgyfarnogod, Snowdonia National Park
98 min walk • Moel Ysgyfarnogod is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales and is the northernmost of the Rhinogydd. Rhinog Fawr lies directly south. It overlooks Llyn Trawsfynydd, and from the summit it is possible to see the towns of Porthmadog and Blaenau Ffestiniog. It may be climbed from Trawsfynydd in the east, or from Talsarnau in the west.
3.9 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Manod Mawr
100 min walk • 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.
4.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Moelwyn Bach, Snowdonia National Park
108 min walk • Moelwyn Bach is a mountain in Snowdonia, northern Wales and forms part of the Moelwynion. It is connected to its parent peak Moelwyn Mawr via the Craigysgafn ridge. It overlooks the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog and the Vale of Ffestiniog.
3.1 miNW
Nightlife
Oakeley Arms Hotel, Blaenau Ffestiniog
80 min walk • The Oakeley Arms Hotel is a Grade II listed hotel near Maentwrog in North Wales. The original building dates back to the 17th century, and was once part of the nearby Tan-y-Bwlch Estate.
3.8 miSE
Park
National parks of Wales, Snowdonia National Park
98 min walk • The national parks of Wales are managed areas of outstanding landscape in Wales, United Kingdom where some forms of development are restricted to preserve the landscape and natural environment. Together, they cover 20% of the land surface of Wales and have a resident population of over 80,000 people.
3.3 miW
Universities and schools
Plas Tan y Bwlch, Snowdonia National Park
85 min walk • Plas Tan y Bwlch in Gwynedd, Wales, is the Snowdonia National Park environmental studies centre, administered by the National Park Authority. It is located approximately 6 miles east of the coastal town of Porthmadog, overlooking the valley of the River Dwyryd and the village of Maentwrog.
3.7 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Moel Oernant, Snowdonia National Park
94 min walk • Moel Oernant is a 503 metres high hill in the community of Trawsfynydd in the county of Gwynedd in North Wales. It has a number of western tops, the highest of which reaches a height of 466 metres overlooking the waterbody known as Llyn Gelli-Gain and another at Frîdd Wen exceeds 410 metres.
3.8 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Manod Mawr North Top
98 min walk • 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. Crossing the quarry to reach the main summit can be dangerous. There are also a few mine adits on the northern slopes.
3.6 miSW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Foel Penolau, Snowdonia National Park
93 min walk • Foel Penolau is a mountain close to Moel Ysgyfarnogod in Snowdonia, North Wales and is the northernmost summit of the Rhinogydd, and overlooks Llyn Trawsfynydd. From the summit it is possible to see the towns of Porthmadog and Blaenau Ffestiniog.