Bryn Cader Faner, Snowdonia National Park

Name: Bryn Cader Faner
Address: Snowdonia National Park, United Kingdom

#63 among attractions in Snowdonia National Park

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Bryn Cader Faner, Snowdonia National Park

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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. The site was disturbed by 19th-century treasure-seekers, who left a hole in the center indicating the position of a cist or a grave. Originally there may have been about 30 pillars, each some 2 metres long. However, before the Second World War, the British army used the site for gunnery practice and damaged many of the stones on the east side. ()

Coordinates: 52°53'54"N, 4°0'41"W

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Bryn Cader Faner – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: St Twrog's Church, Tomen y Mur, Pont Briwet, Moel Ysgyfarnogod.

3.4 miN
Church
St Twrog's Church, Snowdonia National Park
87 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 miNE
Archaeological site
Tomen y Mur, Snowdonia National Park
105 min walk • 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.
2.6 miNW
Bridge
Pont Briwet, Penrhyndeudraeth
66 min walk • Pont Briwet refers to the road and railway bridges that cross the River Dwyryd, near Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd in North Wales. The first bridge was a Victorian road and railway viaduct that was constructed entirely from timber by the Cambrian Railways company.
0.8 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Moel Ysgyfarnogod, Snowdonia National Park
20 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.
3.1 miW
Area
Ynys Gifftan, Snowdonia National Park
80 min walk • Ynys Gifftan is an island near the south east shore of Traeth Bach, the Dwyryd estuary near Portmeirion in Gwynedd, north Wales. There is a public footpath to it across the estuary marked on Ordnance Survey maps but has no definable marks that make it obvious; it can be reached on foot at low tide and is 38 metres high.
3.6 miN
Nightlife
Oakeley Arms Hotel, Blaenau Ffestiniog
92 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.
4.1 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Rhinog Fawr, Snowdonia National Park
104 min walk • Rhinog Fawr is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales and forms part of the Rhinogydd range. It is the third highest summit of the Rhinogydd, losing out to Y Llethr and Diffwys respectively.
3 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Rhinogydd, Snowdonia National Park
77 min walk • The Rhinogydd are a range of mountains located east of Harlech in North Wales. The name Rhinogydd derives from the names of two of the more famous peaks, Rhinog Fawr and Rhinog Fach, although the greatest elevation in the range is reached by Y Llethr, 756 m.
3.3 miN
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.
2.6 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Llyn Cwm Bychan, Snowdonia National Park
67 min walk • Llyn Cwm Bychan is a lake in north Wales, and is one of the sources of the River Artro which flows south westwards through Llanbedr and onwards to the sea. It is located in the Rhinogydd mountains of Snowdonia.
4 miNW
Church, Gothic architecture
St Brothen's Church, Snowdonia National Park
102 min walk • St Brothen's Church, Llanfrothen, is a redundant church at the edge of the village of Llanfrothen, Gwynedd, Wales. It is designated by Cadw as a Grade I listed building because it is "a fine Medieval church retaining much of exterior and interior interest".