Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for LLUGWY (THE)

LLUGWY (THE), a small river of Carnarvonshire. It rises on Glider Fawr, in Snowdonia; and runs about 10 miles east-south-eastward, past Capel-Curig, to the Conway at Bettws-y-Coed. It has much grand scenery; and it makes a very romantic fall, called Rhaiadr-yWenol, or Swallow Fall.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a small river"   (ADL Feature Type: "rivers")
Administrative units: Caernarvonshire Ancient County
Place names: LLUGWY     |     LLUGWY THE     |     THE LLUGWY

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