Llanberis: lakeside path
Green space and path along the southwestern shore of Llyn Padarn in the village of Llanberis, in Snowdonia (Gwynedd, in northwestern Wales), on a partly cloudy late afternoon in mid-October 2024.
Beyond this glacial lake, to its southeast, are mountains including part of the Snowdon Massif, in the background, and, just to the left of the view, Dolbadarn Castle, the 13th-century Welsh castle built by Llywelyn ap Iorwerth – Llywelyn the Great, Prince of North Wales; an upper lake (Llyn Peris); and Nant Peris, the valley leading up to the Llanberis Pass – in Welsh, Bwlch Llanberis. The area is within the Eryri National Park / Snowdonia National Park / Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri; Llyn Padarn itself is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and is popular with boaters.
The imposing 20-foot-high steel sculpture – named Llafn y Cewri, Welsh for Blade of the Giants – was placed by the lake in 2017. Modelled on medieval swords of the Princes of Gwynedd, it echoes the legendary Arthurian “sword in the stone,” Excalibur. Next to it, people are enjoying the view from a bench.
(Information from the Ordnance Survey Explorer map OL 17, Snowdon / Yr Wyddfa, and Landranger map 115, Snowdon & Surrounding Area, as well as the Eryri National Park Authority and Cadw websites, both last consulted 25 August 2025; Wikipedia, last consulted 4 September 2025; and the site Llanberis: Pentref yr Wyddfa, Snowdon’s Village, last consulted 2 September 2025. Llewelyn ap Iorwerth’s name heading with date from US Library of Congress/Name Authority Cooperative record n 84148203.)
[Llanberis 7 path 2024-10-19 s; 20241019_105709]
Llanberis: lakeside path
Green space and path along the southwestern shore of Llyn Padarn in the village of Llanberis, in Snowdonia (Gwynedd, in northwestern Wales), on a partly cloudy late afternoon in mid-October 2024.
Beyond this glacial lake, to its southeast, are mountains including part of the Snowdon Massif, in the background, and, just to the left of the view, Dolbadarn Castle, the 13th-century Welsh castle built by Llywelyn ap Iorwerth – Llywelyn the Great, Prince of North Wales; an upper lake (Llyn Peris); and Nant Peris, the valley leading up to the Llanberis Pass – in Welsh, Bwlch Llanberis. The area is within the Eryri National Park / Snowdonia National Park / Parc Cenedlaethol Eryri; Llyn Padarn itself is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and is popular with boaters.
The imposing 20-foot-high steel sculpture – named Llafn y Cewri, Welsh for Blade of the Giants – was placed by the lake in 2017. Modelled on medieval swords of the Princes of Gwynedd, it echoes the legendary Arthurian “sword in the stone,” Excalibur. Next to it, people are enjoying the view from a bench.
(Information from the Ordnance Survey Explorer map OL 17, Snowdon / Yr Wyddfa, and Landranger map 115, Snowdon & Surrounding Area, as well as the Eryri National Park Authority and Cadw websites, both last consulted 25 August 2025; Wikipedia, last consulted 4 September 2025; and the site Llanberis: Pentref yr Wyddfa, Snowdon’s Village, last consulted 2 September 2025. Llewelyn ap Iorwerth’s name heading with date from US Library of Congress/Name Authority Cooperative record n 84148203.)
[Llanberis 7 path 2024-10-19 s; 20241019_105709]