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PWLLHELI (" salt pit;" or " pool ")

This article appears in Volume V22, Page 675 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: PRE-PYR
PWLLHELI (" salt pit;" or " pool ") , a municipal and contributory
parliamentary
 
borough
  (Carnarvon
district
 ), seaport and market-town of Carnarvonshire, North Wales, 20 M. S. of Carnarvon and 270 M. from London by
rail
 . Pop. (1901), 3675. It is on the north side of
Cardigan
  Bay, on the shore of Tremadoc Bay, with a sandy
beach
  4 M. in length and good bathing. It is the terminus of the Cambrian railway (the London & North-Western railway being 4 M. distant at Afonwen junction). Pwllheli commands a good' view of Merionethshire and of the Snowdon range, with the entire sweep of
Cardigan
  Bay, Carreg yr ymbill (gimlet stone) at the mouth of the harbour, Abersoch and St Tudwal's Islands. Many hundred acres of
land
  have been reclaimed from the sea here and along the
coast
  of the bay; there are costly embankments and good harbourage. The coastis locally noted for fisheries (especially of lobsters and oysters) and some ship-building is carried on. Pwllheli was incorporated by
Edward
  the Black Prince. At Nevin (Nefyn), 6 m. distant,
Edward
  I. held a tournament or revel, in 1284, on a magnificent scale, to commemorate his conquest of Wales.


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