The Great Orme Mines in Llandudno are the only Bronze Age copper mines in the world open to the public. The Penrhyn Quarry and Oakeley Quarry, both in Gwynedd, were respectively the world's largest slate quarry and the world's largest slate mine at the end of the 19th century. The fo...
After the Romans left, Wales was divided into several kingdoms, including Gwynedd, Powys, Dyfed and Gwent. Rhodri Mawr (Rhodri the Great) was King of Gwynedd from around 820 to 878 AD and managed to unite most of Wales. Llewellyn ap Gruffydd was the last great of Welsh resistance to the...
Molecular Ecology and Fisheries Genetics Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, Environment Centre Wales, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd LL57 2UW, UKJohn Wiley & Sons, LtdFish and FisheriesHauser L. & Carvalho G.R. (2008) Paradigm shifts in marine fisheries genetics: ugly hypotheses slain...
R. Muir and D. C. Sutton (1994). Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, 26: 220–222. doi: 10.1111/j.1749-7345.1995.tb00248.x Author Information School of Ocean Sciences, University of Wales, Bangor, Menai Bridge, Gwynedd, North Wales, United Kingdom Publication History Issue published...
Gwynedd, county of northwestern Wales, extending from the Irish Sea in the west to the mountains of Snowdonia in the east. It encompasses most of the historic counties of Caernarvonshire and Merioneth. Caernarfon is its administrative centre. Caernarfon
Llywelyn Ap Gruffudd was the prince of Gwynedd in northern Wales who struggled unsuccessfully to drive the English from Welsh territory. He was the only Welsh ruler to be officially recognized by the English as the prince of Wales, but within a year afte
Bangor, cathedral city, Gwynedd county, historic county of Caernarvonshire (Sir Gaernarfon), northwestern Wales. It commands the northern entrance to the Menai Strait, the narrow strip of water separating the Isle of Anglesey from the mainland. Bangor Ca
Gwynedd (county) Bala (town) Bangor (city) Caernarfon (town) Harlech (village) Isle of Anglesey (county) Holyhead (town) Llangefni (town) Merthyr Tydfil (town and county borough) Monmouthshire (county) Abergavenny (town) Chepstow (town) Monmouth (town) Usk (town) Neath Port Talbot (cou...