A Snowdonia guide specialising in walks starting from pubs, mentioned that the Ysgethin Inn was haunted. It did not elaborate further, other to say that the ghost had been heard by the staff, though not actually seen it. The building was originally a pandy (fulling mill) and dates from early 1788.
Dragons / Folklore / Folktales / Legends / Welsh Folktales
by Ian · Published September 12, 2008 · Last modified November 23, 2018
The word "gwiber" in Welsh means viper or adder but many centuries ago the word actually meant "flying snake" . This is the story of how Wibernant (meaning "valley of the gwiber) which is near Penmachno got its name.
Aquatic Monsters / Cryptozoology / Dragons / Folklore / Legends
by Ian · Published September 11, 2008 · Last modified November 22, 2018
Llyn Tegid is Wales’s largest lake being nearly four miles long. It lies in a rift valley running north east to south west, extending down to the sea at Tywyn. The lake is 529 feet above sea level, has a maximum depth of 136 feet and covers an area of 1084 acres.
Bryn Hall was haunted by the ghost of a headless horseman. The haunting is said to have ceased after one of the servants received a message from the horseman pertaining to the location of a buried body.
The body was that of an illegitimate child belonging to the Lord of the hall.
Dragons / Folklore / Giants / King Arthur / Legends
by Ian · Published September 11, 2008 · Last modified November 23, 2018
Standing 3650 ft above sea level, Snowdon is the highest peak in Wales, second highest mountain in Britain and is also probably the busiest due to it popularity with hillwalkers.
Ancient Sites / Dragons / Legends / Merlin
by Ian · Published September 11, 2008 · Last modified November 22, 2018
The legendary stronghold of Vortigern, and the place where the young prophet Merlin revealed the fighting dragons. In legend there are two characters associated with the same story with slight variations. One is Vortigern, the Dark Age ruler who let the Saxons into the country, and was responsible in part for their later invasions.
A rock overlooking the Dovey Estuary, on a hill above the A493, bears a depression that is said to be the hoofprint of Arthur’s horse.
Directions: The rock lies above the A493.
Ancient Sites / Standing Stones
by Ian · Published November 5, 2001 · Last modified January 12, 2019
Moel Goedog 1 lies just of the track, close to Moel Goedog hillfort and the two Moel Goedog ring cairns, East and
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