5-638: Dinorwic , is the anglicised form of the Welsh name Dinorwig , a village in Wales. It may also refer to: Dinorwig Dinorwig ( / d ɪ ˈ n ɔːr w ɪ ɡ / din- OR -wig ; ; Welsh: [dɪˈnɔrwɪɡ] ), historically spelled as Dinorwic in English, is a village located high above Llyn Padarn , near Llanberis , in Wales . The name is shared with the fort of Dinas Dinorwig, also within
10-507: A decline in the fortune of the village itself and many moved away to nearby towns such as Bangor and Caernarfon . Today, the village shares its name with a pumped storage hydroelectric power station , Dinorwig power station . The village is also the location of the Blue Peris Mountain Centre, a residential outdoor activities centre operated by Bedford Borough Council and Central Bedfordshire Council . Part of
15-547: A long history of slate quarrying . The Romans used local slate for the construction of Segontium , and slates from the valley were used in the construction of Caernarfon Castle . The main local quarry was the Dinorwic Quarry , which was worked from the late 1770s until 1969. After the First World War , cheaper alternative roofing materials became available and production at the quarry declined. This led to
20-483: The community of Llanddeiniolen , on a foothill 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) from Dinorwig village and 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) from the Menai Strait and also with Port Dinorwic, the anglicised name of Y Felinheli . It lies around a mile from the larger settlement of Deiniolen . It is thought that the village was part of the territory of the pre-Roman Ordovices tribe. From mediaeval times it has been part of
25-460: The township, now the community , of Llanddeiniolen . The element -orwig , -orweg has been thought to derive from the tribal name Ordovices ; this idea was rejected by linguist Melville Richards for lack of a sufficiently early record of a form *Orddwig. . Dinorwig is one of the main access points for Dinorwic quarry . It has a bus service to and from Caernarfon, with connecting services to and from Bangor at Deiniolen . The village has
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