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Benchmark on L?n Priestley, Caernarfon
This benchmark is located on Lôn Priestley (Priestley Road) in Caernarfon. The mark is not shown in the current Ordnance Survey database but is shown on an 1888-1889 map of the area as being 162.8ft above the Liverpool datum.
Image: © Meirion
Taken: 15 Sep 2010
0.02 miles
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Benchmark on Ysgol Syr Hugh Owen, Caernarfon
This benchmark is located on the SE face of Ysgol Syr Hugh Owen in Caernarfon & it is shown in the current Ordnance Survey database at a height of 51.6742m above the Newlyn datum.
Image: © Meirion
Taken: 17 Feb 2011
0.05 miles
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Ysgol Syr Hugh Owen School
A comprehensive secondary school serving the town of Caernarfon and the immediate area outside the town. It is named in honour of Sir Hugh Owen, a pioneer of Welsh secondary and tertiary education
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Image: © Eric Jones
Taken: 15 Oct 2006
0.09 miles
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Benchmark on Y Clogwyn, Caernarfon
This worn benchmark is located on the SE side of Y Clogwyn (England Road South) in Caernarfon. The mark is not shown in the current Ordnance Survey database but is shown on an 1888-1889 map of the area as being 132.4ft above the Liverpool datum.
Image: © Meirion
Taken: 15 Sep 2010
0.10 miles
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Y Clogwyn - also known as England Road
Y Clogwyn means 'the cliff'. The Menai Strait can be seen in the background.
Image: © Eric Jones
Taken: 15 Oct 2006
0.12 miles
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The Gorsedd Stones in Priestly Road
These stones are not ancient. They were erected here in 1959 for the use of the Druids of the Gorsedd of Bards of the Isle of Britain (Gorsedd Beirdd Ynys Prydain) when the National Eisteddfod of Wales visited the town. The Gorsedd is not a pagan religious cult. It includes amongst its members senior Anglican and Catholic bishops, including the present Archbishop of Canterbury.
Image: © Eric Jones
Taken: 15 Oct 2006
0.12 miles
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Maes y Bwthyn
These houses are part of a small estate built on the site of the old Caernarfon Cottage Hospital. Maes y Bwthyn means 'cottage field'. The garage of the end house is the old hospital's mortuary.
Image: © Eric Jones
Taken: 22 Nov 2006
0.12 miles
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A reminder of Carnarvon Cottage Hospital, Caernarfon
Viewed from St David's Road. Alongside the MAES Y BWTHYN name sign,
a rectangular area of tiles shows CARNARVON COTTAGE HOSPITAL 1900.
The hospital formerly on this site was named Cottage Hospital until about 1955.
It was the Eye and Cottage Hospital for the final two decades or so of its existence.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 25 Mar 2012
0.12 miles
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Corner of Campbell Road and Llys Gwyn, Caernarfon
Campbell Road and a glimpse of the Menai Strait are on the left.
Image: © Jaggery
Taken: 25 Mar 2012
0.13 miles
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A Five Road Junction At The North End of the Town By-Pass
Image: © Eric Jones
Taken: 30 Oct 2006
0.13 miles