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The Afon Cegin (''River Cegin'' in
AFON CEGIN BRIDGE, PENRHYN RAILWAY, PORT PENRHYN
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The Afon Cegin (''River Cegin'' in English
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) is a small river draining parts of North Wales
North Wales ( cy, Gogledd Cymru) is a region of Wales, encompassing its northernmost areas. It borders Mid Wales to the south, England to the east, and the Irish Sea to the north and west. The area is highly mountainous and rural, with Snowdonia N ...
and discharging to the Menai Strait at Porth Penrhyn. Its name means ''Kitchen River'' in English.
Course
The headwaters include two sites near Pentir. From here the Cegin flows to the east, before turning towards the north and passing through the village of Glasinfryn. Just north of here it is crossed by the A55 Expressway. Immediately after this, the Lôn Las Ogwen joins the line of the river, and the two run close together until the mouth of the river. The river is forded by a minor road nearLlandygai
Llandygái (; ; ; also Llandegai) is a small village and community on the A5 road between Bangor and Tal-y-bont in Gwynedd, Wales. It affords a view of the nearby Carneddau mountain range. The population of the community taken at the 2011 ...
, and is crossed by the Cegin Viaduct, which carries the main Chester to Holyhead trainline. The river then passes between Maesgeirchen housing estate to the west, and Llandygai Industrial Estate to the east. The river is also crossed by the A5 closer to Bangor.
The most northerly stretch is crossed by a further two bridges, which carried the former L. & N.W.R. branchline. The river passes through the arches of the Penrhyn viaduct, before entering the Cegin pool, an area of tidal saltmarsh.
The final crossings are: Pont Penrhyn, carrying a road way accessing the west gatehouse of Penrhyn Castle, and a lower bridge now carrying road traffic to Porth Penrhyn. North of these bridges stone walls leading the river to its entry into Bae Hirael.
History
The Cegin valley was heavily industrialised in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries with two thePenrhyn Quarry Railway
The Penrhyn Quarry Railway was a narrow gauge railway in Caernarfonshire (now Gwynedd), Wales. It served the Penrhyn quarry near Bethesda, taking their slate produce to Port Penrhyn, near Bangor. The railway was around long and used a gauge ...
and the Bethesda branch line conveying slate from quarries in the hills down to Porth Penrhyn to be shipped out to destinations across the world. Much evidence of this still remains with one of the old railway beds now used as the Lôn Las Ogwen cycle-way and footpath. Just above Port Penrhyn a series of closely connected old bridges cross the Cegin. This complex is a listed building./ref>
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