Llynclys (, )) is a small village in

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, England, in the

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Llanyblodwel Llanyblodwel is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England; the spelling "Llanyblodwell" was commonly used in the past, and the village was sometimes simply referred to as "Blodwel". The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census ...

. It lies north of Pant at the crossroads of the

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and B4396, where there are several houses and a

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, the ''White Lion''.

Etymology

The name Llynclys is based on the Welsh word for lake, ', and Llynclys Pool still lies near to the village. The - element was in the past thought to be derived from ', "palace" or "court", and the lake, supposed to be of extraordinary depth, was said to contain a drowned city or palace with various legends attached to it.

Countryside

Much of the area around Llynclys Hill to the west is

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; there are a number of cottages and smallholdings probably built by workers in the area's lead mines and limestone quarries. Llynclys Common, from which there are fine views, is home to eight varieties of

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and the brown argus butterfly.

Railways

Llynclys was formerly on the Cambrian Railways line from to . The Cambrian Heritage Railways are now re-building sections of the line as a heritage railway. railway station is in operation, whilst the original station remains unused of 2010.

Plane Crash

On the 30 October 1941 a

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, Handley Page Hampden Mk I (P1294) crashed near the White Lion pub while on a training flight in bad weather, all Four crew died

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