-
opened another quarry slightly higher up the river,
known as the
Gigfran quarry ('
Gigfran' is
Welsh for 'Carrion crow'). Soon afterwards, John
Bowen opened...
- Nyth-y-
Gigfran quarry (sometimes spelt: Nith-y-
Gigfran or Nidd-y-
Gigfran;
sometimes known as Glan-y-Pwll quarry) was a
slate quarry in the town of Blaenau...
-
scattered farms working the
uplands below the
cliffs of
Dolgaregddu and Nyth-y-
Gigfran. A few of the
historic farmhouses survive at Cwm Bowydd,
Neuadd Ddu, Gelli...
-
Civil War, is
Grade II* listed, as is
Saint Michael's Church. Pont Llyn
Gigfran,
which carries a
minor road to
Betws Gwerfil Goch over the Afon Alwen,...
- Fron-Boeth and Pant-Mawr
Graig Ddu
Llechwedd Maenofferen Manod Moelwyn Nyth-y-
Gigfran Oakeley Parc
Penmachno Rhiwbach Rhosydd Votty &
Bowydd Wrysgan Dinas Mawddwy...
-
looks east over Cwm Tarthwynni. To the
south is the edge
known as Cwar y
Gigfran which translates into
English as 'quarry of the crow'. It
marks the top...
- Fron-Boeth and Pant-Mawr
Graig Ddu
Llechwedd Maenofferen Manod Moelwyn Nyth-y-
Gigfran Oakeley Parc
Penmachno Rhiwbach Rhosydd Votty &
Bowydd Wrysgan Dinas Mawddwy...
- was also the
smaller Nyth-y-
Gigfran quarry working on the
eastern cliffs of Allt Fawr.
Oakeley took over Nyth-y-
Gigfran in the late 1880s, connecting...
- Fron-Boeth and Pant-Mawr
Graig Ddu
Llechwedd Maenofferen Manod Moelwyn Nyth-y-
Gigfran Oakeley Parc
Penmachno Rhiwbach Rhosydd Votty &
Bowydd Wrysgan Dinas Mawddwy...
-
cairns known as Carnau'r
Garreg Las. A
further cairn,
known as Carn y
Gigfran, lies a few
hundred metres to the
north of
Carreg yr Ogof. They are likely...
