Llanfair is a village and
community
A community is a social unit (a group of people) with a shared socially-significant characteristic, such as place, set of norms, culture, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given g ...
in the
Ardudwy area of
Gwynedd
Gwynedd () is a county in the north-west of Wales. It borders Anglesey across the Menai Strait to the north, Conwy, Denbighshire, and Powys to the east, Ceredigion over the Dyfi estuary to the south, and the Irish Sea to the west. The ci ...
in Wales. It has a population of 474, reducing to 453 at the 2011 census.
The village of Llanfair is situated to the east of the
A496 coastal road between
Llanbedr
Llanbedr () is a village and Community (Wales), community south of Harlech. Administratively, it lies in the Ardudwy area, formerly Meirionnydd, of the county of Gwynedd, Wales. In 2011 the community had a population of 645.
History
Ancient ...
and
Harlech
Harlech () is a seaside resort and community (Wales), community in Gwynedd, North Wales, and formerly in the Historic counties of Wales, historic county of Merionethshire. It lies on Tremadog Bay in the Snowdonia National Park. Before 1966, it ...
, and includes
Llandanwg and
Pensarn.
The parish church of St Mair (St Mary), dating from the 12th century, was
restored
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Track listing
Standard release
Enhanced edition
Deluxe gold edition
Standard Aus ...
in the 19th century. It is a grade II*
listed building
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.
The Chwarel Hen
slate
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quarry
A quarry is a type of open-pit mining, open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock (geology), rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground. The operation of quarries is regulated in some juri ...
, which operated in the 19th and early 20th century, is situated close to the village and is open to the public.
References
External links
Chwarel Hen slate quarry
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