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Exploring Afon #Nodwydd #Anglesey -- this small, thin, straight "Needle" river is represented on the Ysgol Gymuned #Pentraeth uniform #stayinglocal #Covid19 #RiversOfWales #naturalhistory #heritage #language #Wales #placename #thread
Exploring Afon #Nodwydd #Anglesey - this river rises in Cors Bodeilio National #Nature Reserve - Mineral-rich water from the surrounding limestone drains into the wetland creating an alkaline fen #stayinglocal #Covid19 #RiversOfWales #NNR #naturalhistory #heritage #thread #Wales
Exploring Afon #Nodwydd #Anglesey - water supply for the cottage of William Williams, shoemaker, who lived on an island of glacial drift in Cors Bodeilio; #StayingLocal #Covid19 #RiversOfWales #wetland #history #heritage #thread #Wales
@AngleseyHist blog https://angleseyhistory.wordpress.com/2016/10/01/history-of-the-house-in-the-marsh/
@AngleseyHist blog https://angleseyhistory.wordpress.com/2016/10/01/history-of-the-house-in-the-marsh/
Exploring Afon #Nodwydd #Anglesey - The main channel in Cors Bodeilio supports a range of native aquatic plants; fish species recorded include trout, eels & sticklebacks #StayingLocal #Covid19 #RiversOfWales #wetland #fish #nature #conservation #heritage #thread #Wales
Exploring Afon #Nodwydd #Anglesey #BigSky Country - you can see all the way to #Snowdonia #Eryri from the headwater wetlands in Cors Bodeilio #StayingLocal #Covid19 #RiversOfWales #wetland #nature #landscape #conservation #heritage #thread #Wales
Exploring Afon #Nodwydd #Anglesey - Downstream of Cors Bodeilio #NNR the river twists and turns through an agricultural #landscape and is joined by tributary Afon Cyrchell #StayingLocal #Covid19 #RiversOfWales #nature #conservation #heritage #agriculture #landuse #thread #Wales
Exploring Afon #Nodwydd #Anglesey - Before reaching the village the river passes through the embankment that lead to #Pentraeth Railway Station -opened 1 July 1908; closed 1930 #StayingLocal #Covid19 #RiversOfWales #heritage #Benllech #RedWharfBay #transport #thread #Wales
Exploring Afon #Nodwydd #Anglesey - #Pentraeth, the river runs through it - at the heart of the village #StayingLocal #Covid19 #RiversOfWales #community #LoveNHS #thread #Wales
Exploring Afon #Nodwydd #Anglesey - At #Pentraeth the river once powered two #mills, one for grinding #corn, the other for processing #wool #heritage #StayingLocal #walking #wellbeing #Covid19 #history #RiversOfWales #sheep #agriculture #Wales #thread
Exploring Afon #Nodwydd #Anglesey - After a pint of ale and a comfortable night at The White Horse Inn, #Pentraeth, George Borrow (1854), stood for a chat on the bridge with "an aged man who looked like a beggar". #heritage #StayingLocal #Covid19 #RiversOfWales #Wales #thread
Exploring Afon #Nodwydd #Anglesey - Flows through #Pentraeth (which means “head of the beach”) on its way to Red Wharf Bay #language #heritage #landscape #geography #Wales #RiversOfWales #IrishSea #stayinglocal #Covid19 #placename #thread
Exploring Afon #Nodwydd #Anglesey - St Mary’s Church #Pentraeth sits above the river - Grade II Listed for medieval fabric and fine memorials #stayinglocal #Covid19 #RiversOfWales #heritage #history #Wales #ChurchOfWales #religion #thread
Exploring Afon #Nodwydd #Anglesey - In 1859 Charles Dickens, Times journalist, stayed in #Pentraeth to report on wreck of the Royal Charter; unidentified victims are buried in St. Mary’s graveyard #StayingLocal #Covid19 #RiversOfWales #heritage #shipwreck #Wales #thread
Exploring Afon #Nodwydd #Anglesey - Mair Wynn Hughes (author of over 100 children's books) was a teacher at #Pentraeth Community School located alongside the river #StayingLocal #Covid19 #RiversOfWales #heritage #womenwriters #Wales #thread
Exploring Afon #Nodwydd #Anglesey - lots of references to the river in this social history of #Pentraeth by local historian Margaret Bradbury #Community #StayingLocal #history #Covid19 #RiversOfWales #heritage #womenwriters #Wales #thread
Exploring Afon #Nodwydd #Anglesey - Mynydd Llwydiarth with a red squirrel 
population and a prehistoric hill fort stands above the river valley #StayingLocal #Covid19 #RiversOfWales #landscape #Wales #thread
population and a prehistoric hill fort stands above the river valley #StayingLocal #Covid19 #RiversOfWales #landscape #Wales #thread
Exploring Afon #Nodwydd #Anglesey - New blog @AngleseyHist about Mary Owen of #Pentraeth, oldest person in Britain? #StayingLocal #Covid19 #womeninhistory #Wales #thread https://twitter.com/AngleseyHist/status/1345654243852754944?s=20
Exploring Afon #Nodwydd #Anglesey - the river is looking needle straight as it approaches the sea at #RedWharfBay but a significant wetland persists providing habitat for otters. #StayingLocal #Covid19 #RiversOfWales #nature #landscape #channelization? #Wales #Thread
Exploring Afon #Nodwydd #Anglesey - the Plas Gwyn Estate in the river catchment has a close association with the development of #Pentraeth village and the Vivians went #fishing in #Ireland. #StayingLocal #Covid19 #RiversOfWales #fish #thread #Wales https://twitter.com/MenaiHeritage/status/1256163141995696128?s=20
Exploring Afon #Nodwydd #Anglesey - The Battle of Pentraeth 1170
“Slain was Hywel the fair....slain was the handsome hero, above the salt marsh”
#StayingLocal #Covid19 #heritage #RiversOfWales #poetry #thread #Wales
“Slain was Hywel the fair....slain was the handsome hero, above the salt marsh”
#StayingLocal #Covid19 #heritage #RiversOfWales #poetry #thread #Wales
Exploring Afon #Nodwydd #Anglesey - We have reached the sea at Red Wharf Bay and the end of this #thread - but please add your stories of the #Nodwydd or your local Welsh river #RiversOfWales #StayingLocal #Covid19 #heritage #nature #landscapes #Wales
