Rhosgadfan
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Rhosgadfan is a Welsh village in the county of Gwynedd. It is notable as the birth place of Kate Roberts, the author of a book of short stories entitled Te yn y Grug. The Welsh TV programme C'mon Midffîld was filmed in the village hall, prior to its destruction. The hall was destroyed in a blaze believed to have been caused by arson [1]. Nobody has been brought to justice.
The view is of Anglesey, Yr Eifl and by walking around you can reach common land called Comin Uwch Gwyrfai and Y Lon Wen. Nearby villages include Y Fron and Rhostryfan. Rhosgadfan is on the border of Snowdonia National Park. The nearest town is Caernarfon and the nearest city is Bangor.
The closest mountain is Moel Tryfan [2] and people from the school walk up often to collect money for educational things. Charles Darwin visited the mountain and recognised evidence of glaciation there [3].
[edit] Industry
The village is not known for industry at the moment, except for farming. However, the village had a quarry behind it. The Dyffryn Nantlle (Nantlle Valley) area is well known for quarries. The one near Rhosgadfan but was closer to Y Fron was a film set for the Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life. The farming mostly consists of sheep but some other animals inhabit the area.
[edit] References
- ^ "Villagers plagued by vandals", BBC News, 2004-02-13.
- ^ Moel Tryfan is at grid ref. SH515562; a larger mountain nearby, Tryfan, is also sometimes called Moel Tryfan.
- ^ Darwin, C. R. (1848). "On the transportal of erratic boulders from a lower to a higher level". Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 4: 315–323.
