What is recorded here
The Great Orme (Welsh: Y Gogarth) is a limestone headland on the north coast of Wales, north-west of the town of Llandudno. Referred to as Cyngreawdr Fynydd by the 12th-century poet Gwalchmai ap Meilyr, its English name derives from the Old Norse word for sea serpent.
Great Orme rises to approximately 211 meters (692 feet) above sea level and is composed primarily of Carboniferous limestone. It has significant historical and archaeological value, including ancient mining remains and a Iron Age hill fort, and features prominently in Welsh folklore and literature.
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Places near here
Great Ormes Head Telegraph StationSignal Station · 103 yd
Great Orme Visitor Centre; Great Orme Summit ComplexRecreation Centre · 104 yd
Great Orme Visitor CentreMuseum · 162 yd
White Farm; Parc Farm, Great OrmeHouse · 254 yd
Quarry and messages in stone, Great OrmeStanding or carved stone · 320 yd
CopperVisitor information · 405 yd
Great Orme Bronze Age MinesMuseum · 454 yd
Great Orme Cemetery Chapel, Llandudno; near St Tudno's ChurchChapel · 596 yd
St. Tudno's WellSpring · 599 yd
Cemetery and chapel with St Tudno's Church in the backgroundChurch, cross or graveyard · 615 yd
Maes y Facrell National Nature ReserveVisitor information · 799 yd
Exposed rocky beach at low tide, Great Orme, LlandudnoBeach · 846 ydOther information
Photo: Harvey Milligan · CC BY-SA 4.0