Cadfan Stone, Tywyn

Name: Cadfan Stone
Address: Tywyn, United Kingdom

#5 among attractions in Tywyn

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Facts and practical information

Inside St Cadfan's Church, Tywyn, Gwynedd is an inscribed stone cross called the Cadfan Stone. On it are the earliest known inscriptions in the Welsh language, specifically in Old Welsh. ()

Coordinates: 52°35'17"N, 4°5'7"W

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Tywyn United Kingdom

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Cadfan Stone – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Narrow Gauge Railway Museum, Talyllyn Railway, St Cadfan's Church, Broad Water.

~1880 ftSW
Museum
Narrow Gauge Railway Museum, Tywyn
10 min walk • The Narrow Gauge Railway Museum is a purpose-built museum dedicated to narrow-gauge railways situated at the Tywyn Wharf station of the Talyllyn Railway in Tywyn, Gwynedd, Wales. The museum has a collection of more than 1,000 items from over eighty narrow-gauge railways in Wales, England, the Isle of Man, Ireland and Scotland.
~1850 ftSW
52°35'1"N • 4°5'21"W
Talyllyn Railway, Tywyn
9 min walk • Scenic railroads, Tours, Museum
~20 ftW
Church
St Cadfan's Church, Tywyn
1 min walk • St Cadfan's Church is situated in Tywyn in the county of Gwynedd, formerly Merionethshire, Wales. The church is noted for its Romanesque architecture and for housing the Cadfan Stone, a stone cross dating from ninth century or earlier which is inscribed with the oldest known written Welsh.
1.2 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Broad Water
32 min walk • Broad Water, or Broadwater is a salt water lagoon near Tywyn, Wales formed from the silted up estuary of the River Dysynni. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the estuary was used by the shipbuilding industry, as small sailing ships were launched to carry peat from the local peat bogs.
1.1 miNE
Park
Ynysymaengwyn, Snowdonia National Park
28 min walk • Ynysymaengwyn was a gentry house in the parish of Tywyn, Gwynedd, situated near the left bank of the River Dysynni. The name means 'the white stone island'.

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Which popular attractions are close to Cadfan Stone?

Nearby attractions include St Cadfan's Church, Tywyn (1 min walk), Talyllyn Railway, Tywyn (9 min walk), Narrow Gauge Railway Museum, Tywyn (10 min walk).

Cadfan Stone, Tywyn

Facts and practical information

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Cadfan Stone – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Narrow Gauge Railway Museum, Tywyn

Talyllyn Railway, Tywyn

St Cadfan's Church, Tywyn

Broad Water

Ynysymaengwyn, Snowdonia National Park

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Cadfan Stone?