Rhiwaedog, Corris

Name: Rhiwaedog
Address: Corris, United Kingdom

#6 among attractions in Corris

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Rhiwaedog is the name of an ancient estate in North Wales, located in the Penllyn forest near Bala, Gwynedd. It gives its name today to two hills, Rhiwaedog-is-Afon and Rhiwaedog-uwch-Afon, meaning "Rhiwaedog below the river" and "Rhiwaedog above the river" respectively. There is also the ancient manor house Plas Rhiwaedog, from which Rhirid Flaidd ruled his demesne. ()

Coordinates: 52°41'23"N, 3°48'1"W

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Corris United Kingdom

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Rhiwaedog – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Hughes Memorial, St Mark's Church, Corris Craft Centre, Llyn y Tri Greyenyn.

3.1 miSW
Memorial
Hughes Memorial, Corris
79 min walk • The Hughes Memorial in Corris is a memorial obelisk commemorating Alfred W Hughes, who served as a surgeon in the Second Boer War. He died of fever in South Africa in 1900. In 2013, Professor Chris Williams of Swansea University described it as one of the most important objects in Welsh history.
4.3 miN
Church, Art Nouveau architecture
St Mark's Church, Snowdonia National Park
110 min walk • St Mark's Church, Brithdir, is a redundant church in the hamlet of Brithdir, Gwynedd, Wales. It is designated by Cadw as a Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Friends of Friendless Churches.
3.2 miSW
Classes and workshops, Arts and crafts
Corris Craft Centre, Corris
82 min walk • Corris Craft Centre is a craft and leisure complex in Corris, on the A487 near Machynlleth, mid-Wales. It is sometimes referred to as King Arthur's Labyrinth, one of the attractions on the site. Celebrating 40 years in 2022.
2.2 miNW
Lake
Llyn y Tri Greyenyn, Dolgellau
57 min walk • Llyn y Tri Greyenyn was a small lake not far from Cadair Idris in the old parish of Tal-y-llyn, Merionethshire in north Wales. It was located at the head of the valley of Cwm Rhwyddfor on the pass called Bwlch Llyn Bach between Minffordd and Cross Foxes; Llyn y Tri Greyenyn is the 'llyn bach’’ in the pass’s name.
1.5 miNE
Hill
Mynydd Dolgoed, Dinas Mawddwy
38 min walk • Mynydd Dolgoed or Craig Portas is a mountain in southern Snowdonia, Wales. It is a long ridge running from a low summit between the valleys of the Afon Angell and the Nant Ceiswyn, north east to the cliff of Craig Portas above Dinas Mawddwy.
1.1 miE
Hill
Mynydd Hendre-ddu, Dinas Mawddwy
29 min walk • Mynydd Hendre-ddu or Mynydd Hendreddu is a mountain in southern Snowdonia, Wales. It is one of a line of mountains running from Mynydd Dolgoed in the north, through Mynydd Llwydiarth to Mynydd Hendre-ddu and on to Mynydd y Foel, Y Grug, Mynydd Tri-Arglwyd and Mynydd Gwyn to the south of the village of Aberangell.
3.9 miNE
Hill
Foel Dinas, Dinas Mawddwy
101 min walk • Foel Dinas is a mountain in Wales. It is the north-westernmost peak of the Dyfi Hills and sits above the town of Dinas Mawddwy. In the 1870s its eastern and northern slopes were planted with trees by Sir Edmund Buckley, the lord of the manor of Mawddwy.
1.5 miNW
Hill
Mynydd Ceiswyn, Dolgellau
39 min walk • Mynydd Ceiswyn is a mountain in Wales. It is the peak south of Waun-oer in the Dyfi Hills. On the east side of the mountain is the valley of the Nant Ceiswyn, and Cwm Hengae lies to the south.
1.1 miW
Mountain
Mynydd Cambergi, Corris
29 min walk • Mynydd Cambergi or Mynydd Cam-bergi is a mountain in southern Snowdonia, Wales. It is a summit on a long ridge between Mynydd y Waun to the north and Foel Grochan to the east.
2.6 miSW
Rock
Broad Vein Mudstone Formation, Corris
67 min walk • The Broad Vein Mudstone Formation is an Ordovician lithostratigraphic group in Mid Wales. The rock of the formation is silty mudstone, intensely bioturbated in places. It varies in colour from a pale to a medium blue. This formation has been commercially quarried as slate in several locations along its length.
4.3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Tal-y-llyn Lake, Snowdonia National Park
110 min walk • Tal-y-llyn Lake, also known as Talyllyn Lake and Llyn Myngul, is a large glacial ribbon lake in Gwynedd, North Wales. It is formed by a post-glacial massive landslip damming up the lake within the glaciated valley. The hamlet of Talyllyn lies at the west end of the lake.

Rhiwaedog, Corris

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Rhiwaedog – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)