Nantlle Valley
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Coordinates: 53 ° 2 ′ N , 4 ° 17 ′ W
The Nantlle Valley ( Welsh : Dyffryn Nantlle ) is a valley in the former District of Arfon in Gwynedd , North Wales . Around 80% of the population speak Welsh as their first language. The valley takes its name from the small town of Nantlle on the north bank of the Llyn Nantlle Uchafs (Upper Nantlle Lake).
General
The Nantlle Valley is home to a large number of small towns that were formed as a result of slate mining in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. There were a number of stone quarries in the valley, the products of which are now sold specifically for garden decoration. From 1865 to 1963 the Nantlle Railway, a horse-drawn railway, connected the quarries with customers. The railway was later reactivated for tourism in parts. The Llyn Nantlle Isaf (Lower Nantlle Lake) was drained and heaped up because of the slate mining.
Sports
The Dorothea Quarry (quarry) flooded in 1970 has become an unofficial diving highlight, although there is no infrastructure and diving is also prohibited there. The attraction for divers is the depth (over 100 m) and the large number of flooded tunnels. Between 1994 and 2004 alone, 21 divers lost their lives in this dangerous underworld labyrinth.
The Nantlle Ridge , a small mountain range in Snowdonia , has its beginning in the Nantlle Valley. These mountains are popular hiking areas that are not very difficult in terms of mountaineering.
mythology
In the fourth branch of the Mabinogi , ( Math fab Mathonwy = "Math, the son of Mathonwys") Llew Llaw Gyffes von Goronwy is wounded because he wants to kill him because of Blodeuwedd . He flees in the form of an eagle to the Nantlle Valley, where he is found and healed by Gwydyon .
Web links
- Official website
- The slate quarries in the Nantlle Valley
- Nantlle Railway in the English language Wikipedia
Individual evidence
- ^ Website of the Nantlle Railway
- ↑ Bernhard Maier : The legend book of the Welsh Celts. The four branches of the Mabinogi . Dtv Munich, April 1999, ISBN 3-423-12628-0 , p. 93.