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Llynclys
Llynclys is a village in Shropshire, England. The Cambrian Railway Trust are re-building the railway line here, which will become a heritage railway. ..
Llynnau Mymbyr
The Llynnau Mymbyr are two linked lakes on the River Nantygwyryd, just west of the village of Capel Curig in Snowdonia, Wales. The A4086 runs along their northern banks. ..
Llynnon Mill
Built in 1775, Llynnon Mill, located on the Island of Anglesey on the outskirts of the village of Llanddeusant, is the only surviving working windmill in Wales. Historical Facts Built for £550 ($1010 US) in 1775.Used to drive machines for grinding corn, oats and barley.Damaged by a storm in 191..
Llyn Alaw
Llyn Alaw is a man-made reservoir on Anglesey, North, Wales. It is used to supply drinking water to the northern half of the island. The catchment is largely agricultural and few notable rivers feed into the lake. The storage capacity is largely generated through trapping winter rainfall and drawin..
Llyn Brenig
Llyn Brenig is a reservoir located in North Wales, in the heart of the Denbigh moors, on the border between the counties of Conwy and Denbighshire. It is used to manage the flow in the River Dee, Wales as part of the River Dee regulation system which is designed to protect the water supply for ..
Llyn Brianne
Llyn Brianne is a man made lake or reservoir in the headwaters of the River Tywi. It was constructed in the 1960s in order to regulate the flow in the River Tywi to support a large potable water abstraction at Nant Garedig in the lower reaches of the river near Carmarthen. This abstraction provide..
Llyn Celyn
Llyn Celyn is a large reservoir constructed in 1961 in the valley of the River Tryweryn in North Wales. Construction of the reservoir involved flooding the village of Capel Celyn which caused considerable outrage in Wales and is still remembered with anger. Much of the anger was occasioned becaus..
Llyn Cerrig Bach
Llyn Cerrig Bach is a small lake in the north-west of the island of Anglesey, Wales. Its main claim to fame is the large hoard of Iron Age materials discovered there in 1942, apparently placed in the lake as votive offerings. These finds are considered to be one of the most important collections of ..
Llyn Cowlyd
Llyn Cowlyd (from "Cawlwyd") is the deepest lake in North Wales, and lies at 1164 feet above sea level on the edge of the Carneddau range of mountains. It is long and narrow, measuring nearly 2 miles long, and about 1/3 of a mile wide, and covers an area of 269 acres. It has a mean depth of 109 fe..
Llyn Crafnant
Llyn Crafnant lies in a beautiful valley in North Wales where the northern edge of the Gwydir Forest meets the lower slopes of the Carneddau mountains. The head of the valley offers a profile of crags which are silhouetted at sunset, and many people regard the lake as one of the most beautiful spot..
Llyn Cwellyn
Llyn Cwellyn (Llyn Quellyn in some antiquated texts) is a reservoir in North Wales which supplies drinking water to parts of Gwynedd and Anglesey. It lies between the Snowdon Massif and Mynydd Mawr in the northern part of Snowdonia National Park. It has an area of 215 acres (0.87 km²), and is ..
Llyn Dinas
Llyn Dinas is a lake near Beddgelert, Gwynedd in north Wales. It is formed by the River Glaslyn. Llyn Dinas lies on the valley floor a few miles north of Beddgelert at an altitude of about 55 metres above sea level. It has an area of 60 acres and is fairly shallow, with the maximum depth only 10..
Llyn Fanod
Llyn Fanod is an upland lake situated between Penuwch and Bontnewydd in Ceredigion, West Wales. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest partly owned by the South and West Wales Widlife Trust. Public access is via a bridlepath from the road. It is a mesotrophic lake located in the headwaters of t..
Llyn Fawr
Llyn Fawr is a lake in south Wales, best known as the site of an important hoard of weapons and tools fron the late Bronze Age and early Iron Age. Llyn Fawr has an area of 9.8 hectares (24 acres) and lies south of Rhigos in the unitary authority of Rhondda Cynon Taf. It lies near the source of the ..
Llyn Fawr Phase
The Llyn Fawr Phase is the name given by archaeologists to the final metalworking phase of the Bronze Age in Britain, dating to between c. 800 BC and c. 700BC, when the transition to the Iron Age was underway. It is named after a hoard of metalwork found in Llyn Fawr in Glamorgan between 1911 and 1..
Llyn Geirionydd
Llyn Geirionydd lies in a valley in North Wales where the northern edge of the Gwydyr Forest meets the lower slopes of the Carneddau mountains. The lake is almost a mile long and covers an area of 45 acres, but is never any deeper than 50 ft according to Jehu’s survey (see references). The lake ..
Llyn Gwynant
Llyn Gwynant is a lake in Snowdonia, Wales. Llyn Gwynant lies on the River Glaslyn, in the Nant Gwynant valley and is about 2km north east of Llyn Dinas; the village of Bethania lies between them. Snowdon lies 3km to the north west. The lake is natural, having been formed by glacial action and i..
Llyn Llydaw
Llyn Llydaw (from the Welsh meaning Brittany lake) is a lake in Snowdonia National Park on the flanks of Snowdon, Wales' highest mountain. This long thin lake has formed in a cwm about 1/3 of the way up the mountain. Its special significance is that it is one of the most looked at lakes in the Unite..
Llyn Mair
Llyn Mair is a 14 acre artificial lake above Plas Tan-y-Bwlch at [SH652412] in the catchment of the River Dwyryd. The lake is set alongside the B4410 road, a minor road linking the village of Rhyd. The position of the lake bordered with ancient oak woods and its tranquil appearance makes ..
Llyn Ogwen
Llyn Ogwen is a lake in Conwy in north Wales. It lies alongside the A5 road between two mountain ranges, the Carneddau and the Glyderau. Llyn Ogwen lies at a height of about 310 metres above sea level and has an area of 78 acres, but is a very shallow lake, with a maximum depth of only a little ..
Llyn Padarn
Llyn Padarn is a glacially formed lake in Snowdonia, Wales, an example of a moraine dammed lake. The lake is approximately 2 miles long and linked to the neighbouring Llyn Peris (which forms the lower reservoir of the Dinorwig power station ). The town of Llanberis lies on the southern banks of th..
Llyn Peris
Llyn Peris is a lake in Snowdonia, Wales, approximately 1.8km long and situated close to the villages of Llanberis and Nant Peris. The lake was formed glacially and is an example of a moraine dammed lake. Llyn Peris is named after Saint Peris, an early Christian saint of whom little is known. The l..
Llyn Trawsfynydd
Llyn Trawsfynydd is a large man-made reservoir located near the village of Trawsfynydd in Gwynedd, North Wales. It was originally built to supply water for Maentwrog hydro-electric power station in 1928, and was subsequently also used to supply cooling water to Trawsfynydd's twin reactor nuclear ..
Llyra
Llyra is a Marvel Comics super-villainess. She was created by Roy Thomas and Sal Buscema and first appeared in Sub-Mariner #32 (December, 1970). Llyra was the daughter of Llyron, a member of the water-breathing Homo mermani who dwell in Lemuria, and Rhonda Morris, a surface woman who inherited her..
Llyron
Llyron is a fictional character in Marvel Comics' Marvel Universe. He is the son of Namor the Sub-Mariner and Llyra, and was genetically accelerated in age by Llyra so that he might take the crown of Atlantis. His mother Llyra was a Lemurian/human hybrid and a foe of Namor. She decided to conceive..
Llyr Llediaith
Llŷr Llediaith (also known as Llyr Lleddiarth, King Lear, Lear II, Tasciovanus, Half-Speech) is a mythical British King. He is said to be the son of Baran, or of Ceri. Llediaith, which means literally "broad-speech", is said to refer to "the act of speaking Welsh with a foreign accent [[..
Llysfaen
Llysfaen is a village in north Wales. It is located a mile or so inland between the coastal towns of Abergele and Colwyn Bay. Until 1923 it formed an exclave of Caernarfonshire but then became part of Denbighshire; subsequent local governent reorganisations saw it administered as part of Clwyd (197..
Llys Talybont Halls of Residence
Llys Talybont Halls of Residence otherwise known simply as "Talybont" are the largest halls of residence in Cardiff, located in Maindy. It is owned by Cardiff University, and inhabited predominantly by first year students. The halls of residence are separated into three different areas: Talybont N..
Llywarch Hen
Llywarch Hen or Llywarch the Old was a 6th century prince of the Cumbric House of Rheged, a ruling family in Y Gogledd Hen or The Old North (modern Northern England). He was first cousin to King Urien Rheged and may have been a monarch himself in the same region. His life was the subject of a lost ..
Llywelyn
Llywelyn may refer to any of several Welshmen: Llywelyn ap Seisyll (d. 1023), king of Gwynedd and Deheubarth.Llywelyn the Great (Llywelyn ab Iorwerth) (c. 1173 – 1240), Prince of Gwynedd and ruler of most of Wales .Llywelyn the Last (c. 1228 - 1282) was the last crowned Welsh Prince of Wales.Llyw..
Llywelyn's coronet
Llywelyn's Coronet was seized alongside other holy artifacts in 1284 from the ruins of the defeated Kingdom of Gwynedd. It was taken to London where it was presented to King Edward I of England as a token of the complete annihilation of the independent Welsh state. It is recorded that Llywelyn II..
Llywelyn ap Dafydd
Llywelyn ap Dafydd (c.1260-1287), de jure Prince of Gwynedd (1283-1287), was the eldest son of Dafydd ap Gruffudd the last free ruler of Gwynedd and self-proclaimed Prince of Wales and Elizabeth Ferrers. Nothing is known of his early life, though it is thought he was probably born some time around 1..
Llywelyn ap Gruffydd Fychan
Llywelyn ap Gruffydd Fychan of Caeo (1341? - 9 October 1401) was a Welsh landowner who in 1401 organized a decoy of English forces searching for the Welsh resistance leader Owain Glyndŵr. The deception allowed Owain to escape. As punishment for his actions, Llywelyn was condemned by the English k..
Llywelyn ap Maredudd ap Llywelyn ap Maredudd ap Cynan
Llywelyn ap Maredudd was a minor Welsh prince of the House of Gwynedd who was the last vassal Lord of Meirionydd. He lived during the mid 13th Century and died in 1263. He was the son of Maredudd ap Llywelyn ap Maredudd ap Cynan and was a direct descendant of Owain Gwynedd through his son Prince Cyn..
Llywelyn ap Seisyll
Llywelyn ap Seisyll (died 1023) was a King of Gwynedd and of Deheubarth in north-west and south-west Wales. Little is known about Llywelyn's father Seisyll, who may not have been of royal blood, though Llywelyn's mother Angharad was the daughter of Maredydd ab Owain, who ruled much of both norther..
Llywelyn Bren
Llywelyn Bren (died 1318), or Llywelyn ap Gruffydd ap Rhys was a Welsh rebel during the reign of King Edward II of England. His memory is much respected. Llywelyn Bren was a nobleman, Lord of Senghenydd. In 1316, as part of a rebellion centred in Glamorgan, he besieged Caerphilly Castle. When th..
Llywelyn the Elder ap Maredudd ap Cynan ab Owain Gwynedd
Llywelyn "The Elder" or Llywelyn ap Maredudd ap Cynan ab Owain Gwynedd was a second-cousin of Gruffudd ap Llywelyn and Dafydd ap Llywelyn of the royal house of Gwynedd in the 13th Century. His father was Prince Maredudd who fought alongside his brother in an alliance with Llywelyn ab Iorwerth to dep..
Llywelyn the Great
Llywelyn the Great Reign c. 1194 - 11 April, 1240 Predecessor Dafydd ab Owain Successor Dafydd ap Llywelyn Spouse Joan, Lady of Wales Issue Dafydd ap LlywelynGruffydd ap LlywelynElen ferch LlywelynGwladus DduMarared ferch LlywelynGwenllian ferch LlywelynAngharad ferch Llyw..
Llywelyn the Last
Arms used by Llywelyn ap Gruffydd Llywelyn ap Gruffudd (remembered by the alliterative soubriquet Llywelyn Ein Llyw Olaf meaning Llywelyn, Our Last Leader, c. 1223 – December 11, 1282) was the last prince of an independent Wales before its conquest by Edward I of England (some would say ..
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