Sarn Helen at Rhiwddolion

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Rhiwddolion is a remote upland hamlet at the head of a valley above Betws-y-Coed. For a time there was a slate quarry and community. By the early twentieth century the mines and quarries had closed and the miners drifted away to find employment elsewhere. Their cottages and chapel were left abandoned until the Landmark Trust rescued two cottages and their chapel. In the north the route of Sarn Helen is believed to follow the western bank of the river Conwy from Canovium, a fort at Caerhun, passing through Trefriw, then leading on to Betws-y-Coed, with a branch leading to Caer Llugwy near Capel Curig. The route then passed through Dolwyddelan, running up the Cwm Penamnen valley and past the higher parts of Cwm Penmachno. The route then leads on past Llan Ffestiniog to the Roman fort of Tomen y Mur, near Trawsfynydd before continuing south towards Dolgellau.

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Location: Betws-y-Coed North Wales UK
Photo credit: © radnorimages / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: cottages, hamlet, helen, radnorimages, rhiwddolion, road, roman, ruined, sarn, stone