Quiz Time (General Knowledge & Out of Area)

[Gwynant]

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     The "sandwich filler" was the nearby Moel "Wnion", the road that could be "paper" was the A5, the "hall on a hill" was  Bryn Hall which is right above it, the "slate parish" was the nearby village of Llechwedd which is right below it, and they can all be seen from the zip-wire in Penrhyn Quarry on the other side of the valley. Bryn Hall quarry is over 100ft deep and regarded as very dangerous to dive in as it is full of barbed wire and various other obstacles.
     

         I've just realised that I named the village in the above answer Llechwedd when of course it should have been Llanllechid.

[Hugo]

An easier one for this weekend.              Where did I see this in N Wales     

[Hugo]

This photo will make it so much easier.

[Hugo]

It's about a mile from a Norman Castle and near a new bridge.       

[SteveH]

Penrhyn Castle....Neo Norman castle...    slate museum ?

[Gwynant]

          I don't recognise it Hugo but by the last couple of clues you gave it has to be in the Bontnewydd area (about a mile from Caernarfon Castle?) but I can't see anything on Google Streetview that matches the location .......

[Hugo]

Not far away Steve so that's a good first guess.

Gwynant, da iawn               but there are many other  bont newydd's about and you must have been in that area many times before

[SteveH]

Following the Bont Newydds theme....
Meifod or Plas Dinas country houses....or Aber Falls?

[Hugo]

You're hedging your bets there Steve, so which one do you think it is?     

[SteveH]

Meifod house   P L E A S E

[Hugo]

Nice house Steve but it's wrong.

This is a give away showing the "Norman Castle"
The mound is circular, 22-foot (6.7 m) high with a level oval top 57 feet (17 m) by 48 feet (15 m). It has been regarded as the base of a Norman castle, and on that basis was renamed   "? ? ?"   by the Ancient Monuments Board

[Hugo]

This should seal it!     This area was called Holly Hill or Holly Enclosure in the Norman days.          

[SteveH]

Last time I hope....Garth Celyn....wish me  ££$

"The Welsh like to tell you that they have 427 castles scattered around their part if the UK. They probably do, but at least 200 of the castles in Wales are little more than crumbled ruins or earthworks that, to the untrained eye, look like natural features on the landscape.

Still, that does leave 200 castles in Wales worth visiting. Where do you begin?"

[Hugo]

Spot on Steve and well done.       

Garth Celyn was the name for the area when Prince Llewelyn had his Palace at the present day village of Abergwyngregin.     The water wheel is at the entrance to the Forestry car park after you have crossed over Bont Newydd  (Eng New Bridge) 
I've parked there so many times but never noticed the wheel so I took a photo when I had a walk there on Wednesday

[SteveH]