‘Archaeologia Cambrensis’, 1877
Image credit: W.G. Smith
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Sat 21 July; 13.30-16.30
Come and see our brand new exhibition about stone working at the extraordinary Neolithic quarry at Graiglwyd, Penmaenmawr. The launch will begin with a guided walk to visit the quarry site and its surrounding archaeological landscape, led by the Snowdonia National Park Archaeologist. After the walk, come along to New York Cottages Museum for light refreshments and to enjoy our new exhibition. Part of our two week celebration of stone working in Penmaenmawr – ‘Stories in Stone’.
Location: New York Cottages Museum, Unit 4, New York Cottages, Bangor Road, Penmaenmawr, Conwy. LL34 6LE. Easily signposted off the A55 between Conwy and Bangor.
Org: New York Cottages Museum, Penmaenmawr
Name: Helen Bradley
Tel: 01492 575 535
Email: [email protected]
Part of the Festival of British Archaeology 2012
A guided walk around the area above Penmaenmawr. A National Archaeology Week event by Gwynedd Archaeological Trust.
Saturday, 14th July 2007, 11.00am.
The Rev. W Bingley decided to hike up Penmaen Mawr – he scrambled up a steep ascent “from the sixth milestone” and “it was not before I had experienced several severe tumbles” on the loose stones, that he reached the summit.
On the summit, and extending in an oval form from north to south, are some evident remains of antiquity [..] This ruin is called Braich y Ddinas, The Arm of the City, and is supposed to have been an ancient British fortification.
He also spotted a shrub, “called by the Welsh Pren Lemwn, or lemon tree” which he was relieved, as a Logical Englishman, to find was actually Whitebeam.
From p312 of ‘Excursions in North Wales’ (1839) – on Google Books.
