Welsh Heritage

The Discover Gwynedd website is a great place to start discovering Welsh Heritage. Our site offers a wealth of information and an interactive map that will allow you to create an itinerary, planning your visit to Gwynedd well in advance.

Welsh Heritage sites can be viewed on our interactive map which will provide you with links to websites, phone numbers and addresses so you can find even more detailed information each and every location within the county of Gwynedd. The map has details on everything that you could possibly want from a trip to Gwynedd; areas of interest, major tourist attractions, places to eat and much more.

Gwynedd is full of natural, cultural, food and industrial heritage. Below are some details on some of the Welsh Heritage sites that you can visit here in Gwynedd.

Tre'r Ceiri. One of the most impressive monuments in Wales. Located at the easternmost summit Rivals, it looks out over the Irish Sea and Cardigan Bay. Because of its remote location and large stones, for centuries it was believed that the hill fort was a village of giants, thus it was named Tre’r Ceiri, the Town of Giants. Within its walls lies around 150 different sized round huts built sometime between 140 and 400 AD - the middle of the Roman period in Britain.

The village of Capel Celyn was drowned in 1965 to create a reservoir (Llyn Celyn) for Liverpool residents. The chapel, school, post office and twelve farms were drowned. In 1957 a parliamentary bill was introduced (without consulting with any authority in Wales) which meant Liverpool City Corporation could buy the land without asking permission from the local owners. The plan was opposed by all political parties in Wales. Gwynfor Evans lead a parade.

Welsh Heritage incorporates many castles. The construction of Criccieth Castle was initiated in the 1230s by Llywelyn ap Iorwerth, and developed further by Llywelyn ap Gruffydd, Edward I and Edward II.The castle was also used occasionally as a prison - Gruffudd.

Owain ap Llywelyn Fawrand his son Owain were incarcerated there by Dafydd ap Llywelyn in 1239. The castle was captured by the English in 1282-3. Nevertheless, some of the Welsh wanted to re-capture it. In 1294, Madog ap Llywelyn.

Like many places in Wales, a local folk tale claims that King Arthur and his soldiers are asleep in a cave somewhere on the foothills of the Aran. According to folk legend, one day a fair young shepherd visited the fair in Y Bala.

Originally founded as a whiskey brewery by R.J. Lloyd Price, Rhiwlas, but after the site closure it became a location for holding prisoners of war. Until 1916, it was used as a prison for German soldiers from World War I, and after the1916 Irish Easter Rebellion, some 1,800 IRA volunteers were imprisoned there. Among the prisoners were Michael Collins and Arthur Griffith, who became famous for their part in the Irish rebellion. Frongoch was a great opportunity for the IRA to develop their revolutionary ideas, and it is suggested that Michael Collins and his comrades gave fighting and military lessons to fellow inmates. When many of them returned to Ireland, they seriously challenged the British Empire in a war of independence. Many of the former prisoners at Frongoch became leaders in that war, so much so that Frongoch became known as the 'University Sinn Féin' or 'University of the Revolution '.

So if you are looking to discover Welsh Heritage then look no further than our site and our map. We guarantee that it will help you to plan your trip and get everything down to the minutest detail all in order and make your visit run smoothly.