Ffynnon Lloer

Ffynnon Lloer (Welsh : Source of [the] Moon) is a lake in the Carneddau range of mountains in Snowdonia, North Wales. It lies below the peaks of Pen yr Ole Wen and Carnedd Dafydd at a height of 2,225 feet (678 m) and covers an area of some 6 acres (2.43 ha).

Ffynnon Lloer
Location in Wales
Location in Wales
Ffynnon Lloer
LocationSnowdonia, North Wales
Coordinates53°8′21″N 4°0′4″W
Typenatural
Primary outflowsAfon Lloer
Basin countriesUnited Kingdom
Surface area6 acres (2.43 ha)

The remains of two wartime aircraft, which crashed in 1942 and 1943, lie on the slopes round the lake.[1]

Afon Lloer, its outflow, flows into Llyn Ogwen.

References

  1. Nick Wotherspoon; Alan Clark; Mark Sheldon (2009). Aircraft Wrecks: The Walker's Guide : Historic Crash Sites on the Moors and Mountains of the British Isles. Casemate Publishers. pp. 39–. ISBN 978-1-84415-910-9.
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