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Extract from the Beddgelert Travel Guides:
Almost all of the prodigious quantity of rain which falls on Snowdon spills down either the Glaslyn or Colwyn rivers, which meet at the huddle of grey houses, prodigiously brightened with floral displays in summer, that make up
BEDDGELERT
. A sentimental tale fabricated by a wily local publican to lure punters tells how the town got its name.
Gelert's Grave
(
bedd
means burial place), an enclosure just south of town, is supposedly the final resting place of Prince Llywelyn ap Iorwerth's faithful dog, Gelert, who was left in charge of the prince's infant son while he went hunting. On his return, the c...
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