StoneRoad2013's photos with the keyword: Snowdonia

Something I have always wondered about, why the Welsh names were not used ... maybe because the pronunciation isn't as self-explanatory as for some place names ? Much of the Welsh-speaking areas of North Wales have been gradually de-anglicising place names, so this is more of the same. I worry that insisting on this change is a bit too drastic and will put off some tourists - and a lot of Welsh speakers will be cringing when the proper names are completely mangled. Some thing that is bad enough already - exhibit A ; anywhere with Llan or Llyn in the placename. . Not my Image : fair use & public education

Hydro-Electric Power station built in 1905 by the Porthmadog, Beddgelert and South Snowdon Railway (and the North Wales Power and Traction Co Ltd). This makes it the oldest power station in Britain, and probably one of the oldest grid connected HEP stations in the world. It was used to power the Telegraph Station built by Marconi at Waunfawr in 1912. . It supplies power to the National Grid, and the single Francis turbine was upgraded to 10 MW in 1990. The water is from Llyn Llydaw some 1040 feet above the "Chapel in the Valley" and the penstocks are about 1.25 miles in length. There were originally 13 staff but none now as it is controlled remotely from Dolgarrog.

Part of the Snowdon massif, details picked out by a light snowfall.

Behind the replica wall is a castle mound aka a motte; indicating that this site had a long history of being used by the people ruling the area.

Helpful site plan. it can be difficult to imagine or even see the layout on some historic sites.

This modern trackway - to the right of the rubble - passes through the vicus (civilian settlement)

Rebuilt section of fort wall - using stone from the immediate area of the site.

Annotated aerial image of the Tomen y Mur neighbourhood, showing some prominent features of the site.

Detail image for the text on the Amphitheatre display.

Info panel for the inscribed stone

Information displayed at Tomen y Mur about the design of the Roman fort. Basically, the standard design, with a later Motte built onto the area the north of the principia building.

General information display board at Tomen y Mur. Must have been a busy place in roman times.

General overview of the Tomen y Mur site, the motte and the replica fort wall are just to the right of the central tree in this image.

Replica inscribed stone.

the walking figure is, approximately, in the middle of the Tomen y Mur amphitheatre.

Interpretation for the Amphitheatre.

Tomen y Mur site marker (Snowdonia National Park)

Who are you looking at ? Taken from as close as I could get to this small group of wild Welsh mountain goats. (Near Llanberis, November 2011)