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Llanddeiniolen (; ) is a community in the county of Gwynedd, Wales, and is from Cardiff and from London. It comprises the hamlet also called Llanddeiniolen, and the villages of Deiniolen, Bethel, Dinorwig, Rhiwlas, Brynrefail and Penisarwaun. It is the third-largest community by population in Gwynedd, with 5072 people in the 2011 census. Also in the community is the dispersed settlement of Fachwen, located on the north shore of Llyn Padarn. The name derives from the Welsh saint Deiniol, first bishop of Bangor (who died 572 or 584) or from his son, saint Deiniolen (also known as saint Deiniol F

Key facts

UK place.country
Wales
UK place.official_name
Llanddeiniolen
UK place.area_total_km2
41.03
UK place.static_image
Llanddeiniolen - geograph.org.uk - 227602.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
Llanddeiniolen, from Pen Dinas Hill
UK place.cardiff_distance_mi
124.4
UK place.cardiff_distance_km
200.2
UK place.london_distance_mi
206.0
UK place.london_distance_km
331.5
UK place.unitary_wales
Gwynedd
UK place.community_wales
Llanddeiniolen
UK place.post_town
CAERNARFON
UK place.postcode_district
LL55
UK place.post_town1
BANGOR
UK place.postcode_district1
LL57
UK place.postcode_area
LL
UK place.postcode_area1
LL
UK place.os_grid_reference
SH 5476 6627

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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections
Contents
  • Castell
  • Dinas Dinorwig
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Llanddeiniolen (; ) is a community in the county of Gwynedd, Wales, and is from Cardiff and from London. It comprises the hamlet also called Llanddeiniolen, and the villages of Deiniolen, Bethel, Dinorwig, Rhiwlas, Brynrefail and Penisarwaun. It is the third-largest community by population in Gwynedd, with 5072 people in the 2011 census. Also in the community is the dispersed settlement of Fachwen, located on the north shore of Llyn Padarn. The name derives from the Welsh saint Deiniol, first bishop of Bangor (who died 572 or 584) or from his son, saint Deiniolen (also known as saint Deiniol Fab).

==Castell== Castell Llanddeiniolen, some 900m west of Rhiwlas, is a hill of glacial drift whose sides have been dug away to give a steeper slope. It has been identified as a Norman motte but is not a typical one. It may be a medieval ringwork – approximately, a motte and bailey without a motte – but may also be a small Iron Age fort.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Llanddeiniolen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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