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LLANBERIS

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 828 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LLANBERIS , a See also:

town of See also:Carnarvonshire, N. See also:Wales, 8i m. E. by S. of See also:Carnarvon, by a See also:branch of the See also:London & See also:North-Western railway. Pop. (1901) 3or5. It is finely situated in a valley near the See also:foot of See also:Snowdon. The valley has two lakes, Llyn Peris and Llyn Padarn, of over r m. and 2 M. See also:long respectively, about 4 m. apart. From Padarn rises the Seint, called Rothell in its upper See also:part. Dolbadarn See also:Castle is a circular See also:tower near the foot of Peris See also:lake. Dolbadarn means the " Padarn meadow." Several Welsh churches are dedicated to Padarn. In the castle See also:Owen See also:Goch (Owen the Red) was imprisoned from 1254 to 1277, by the last See also:Llewelyn, whose See also:brother Dafydd held it for some See also:time against See also:Edward I. During the time of Owen See also:Glendower (temp.

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Henry IV. and Henry V.), the castle often changed hands. Near is Ceunantmawr See also:waterfall. The Vaenol ,See also:late quarries are here, and hence is the easiest ascent of Snowdon, with a railway to the See also:summit. From the road over the See also:fine Llanberis pass towards See also:Capel Curig, a turn to the right leads to See also:Beddgelert, through Nant Gwynnant (" See also:white " or " happy valley," or " stream "), where See also:Pembroke and Ieuan ap See also:Robert (for the I.ancastrians)had manyskirmishes in the time of Edward IV. Gwynnant Lake is about 1 m. long, by s m. broad, and below it is the smaller Llyn Dinas.

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