Traeth Mawr
The Traeth Mawr (Welsh "Big Beach") is a polder near Porthmadog in north-west Wales . The area east of the Lleyn Peninsula was originally the estuary of the Afon Glaslyn , which extended to the Aberglaslyn pont about 12 kilometers inland .
In the 18th century, smaller areas of land were wrested from the estuary by building dykes. In 1798, William Madocks (1773–1829) bought a piece of land and founded Tremadog on it . Between 1808 and 1811 he had a dike built across the estuary, separating most of the Ästauar from the sea. This dike is locally called "The Cob" and is about 1.3 kilometers long. The A487 coastal road and the Ffestiniog Railway run across it . The road toll was lifted after the road was sold to the Welsh National Assembly in 2003.
The town of Porthmadog was built at the north-western end of the dike; at the southeast end is the quarry where the necessary material was extracted. The historic toll house has also been preserved here.
Outside the dike, the Traeth Mawr joins the Traeth Bach ("Little Beach"), the southeastern estuary of the Afon Dwyryd . The polder area is used for agriculture; apart from the neighboring towns of Porthmadog and Tremadog, there are no settlements apart from a few farms.
Treath Mawr was also the name of a provisional terminus of the Porthmadog outgoing southern part of the Welsh Highland Railway .
Individual evidence
- ^ National Library of Wales - Portmadoc (Porthmadog) records
- ↑ BBC News: End of line for historic toll
