Pownd Pen y Fan Pond
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Pownd Pen y Fan Pond
Image: © Alan Richards Taken: 16 Feb 2014
Adeiladwyd Pownd Pen y Fan (Fe'i gelwid 'Pownd y Coedcae' gynt) yn 1794-6 er cyflenwi dwr i gamlas frysur Sir Fynwy mewn cyfnod pan ai llawer o drafnidiaeth ar hyd iddi. Pen y Fan Pond (formerly known as Pownd y Coedcae) was built during 1794-6 to supply water to the then increasingly busy Monmouthshire Canal.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.697576
Longitude
-3.162684