E Llyn Tecwyn Uchaf G/N SG 11 DIWEDD 10 END G G D 9 LLANDECWYN G P G S P Caerwych © D.Newbould ^ G Twmpath Llosg TREN 12 BWS G Burnt Mound TRAIN BUS Llyn A 496 Y Gyrn Talsarnau Tecwyn Isaf 8 G P P 7 Bryn Cader Faner C ALLWEDD / KEY Cyfeirbwynt Taith Ardudwy / © D.Rowley 6 Ardudwy Way waymarker G Trywydd y llwybr gyda’r pellter a gerddwyd S S 1 mewn milltiroedd / G The footpath route with distance walked in miles Llwybr arall (ddim o reidrwydd yn hawl tramwy) / Other path (not necessarily a right of way) Castell / Castle G Carn / Cairn Gwersyllfa / Camping site 5 Lôn gerbydau a phont / Motor road with bridge S G Wal / Wall Clawdd neu ens / Hedge or fence G B Rheilordd a gorsaf / Railway and station Traethlin / Shoreline Eglwys / Church 4 Adeilad arwyddocaol / Signicant building Adfail / Ruin G Giât / Gate S Camfa / Stile S © J.Baxter S Moel y Gerddi P Arwyddbost / Signpost Nant neu afon gyda chyfeiriad llif y dŵr / Stream or river with direction of ow Rhyd yr Eirin S Llyn / Pond S G A Cylch Meini / Stone circle 3 Gweddillion cylch meini / G G Remains of stone circle Cartography by / Mapio gan Laurence Main A 496 2 HARLECH ^ O Ganol y Daith TREN From the Central Section TRAIN 1 BWS 0 BUS CYCHWYN START Llanfair PROFFEIL GRADDIANT / GRADIENT PROFILE 1400 HARLECH BRYN CADER FANER LLANDECWYN Graddfa / Scale MILLTIR / MILES 1200 PROFFEIL GRADDIANT / GRADIENT PROFILE 1000 0 1/2 1 800 1400 600ABERMAW / BARMOUTH CERRIG ARTHUR TAL Y BONT 400 Map Explorer GraddfaOL 18 yr Arolwg / Scale OrdnansMILLTIR / MILES Ymwadiad / Disclaimer 1200 200 ( cyf.grid SH 612581 ) Mae cerddwyr yn gyfrifol am eu diogelwch eu hunain. 1000 / Feet Troedfedd 0 0 1/2 1 800 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Ordnance Surcey Explorer OL 18 Walkers are responsible for their own safety. 600 MILLTIR / MILES ( Grid ref. SH 612581 ) 400 Map Explorer OL 18 yr Arolwg Ordnans 200 0 ( cyf.grid SH 612581 ) Troedfedd / Feet Troedfedd 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Ordnance Surcey Explorer OL 18 MILLTIR / MILES ( Grid ref. SH 612581 ) © Partneriaeth Ardudwy Partnership 2010 | Photographs J Baxter, D Newbould & D Rowley | Design by: by: Design | Rowley D & Newbould D Baxter, J Photographs | 2010 Partnership Ardudwy Partneriaeth © © Partneriaeth Ardudwy Partnership 2010 | Photographs J Baxter, D Newbould & D Rowley | Design by: by: Design | Rowley D & Newbould D Baxter, J Photographs | 2010 Partnership Ardudwy Partneriaeth © Pellter: 12 Milltir | Hyd: 5 i 7 awr | Graddfa: Cymedrol | Tir: Cilffyrdd, traciau, llwybrau mynydd a chamfeydd | Map OS: 18 and keep dogs on a lead especially near livestock near especially lead a on dogs keep and Please leave the countryside tidy, respect the land, take litter home home litter take land, the respect tidy, countryside the leave Please NCATH W B Y TAITH ARDUDWY N Y return time - Advise when back when Advise - time return L I D • Leave details of your route with someone and your your and someone with route your of details Leave • walk may take longer than expected expected than longer take may walk Rhan Ogleddol – Harlech i Landecwyn and be conversant with their use their with conversant be and PLENTY OF WATER and food supplies as the the as supplies food and WATER OF PLENTY Take • • Take a compass and OS Explorer 18 map with you you with map 18 Explorer OS and compass a Take • take adequate warm clothing and waterproofs waterproofs and clothing warm adequate take www.taithardudwyway.com limited rough, rocky and wet; wear suitable footwear and and footwear suitable wear wet; and rocky rough, • Do not rely on mobile phones as signals are often often are signals as phones mobile on rely not Do • • Weather can change rapidly and terrain can be be can terrain and rapidly change can Weather • Taith Ardudwy – Llwybr ucheldirol 24 milltir wedi’i arwyddo’n dda sy’n mynd o dde Abermaw i ogledd Llandecwyn. Ceir BE PREPARED: PREPARED: BE tair rhan i’r daith a thaflen ar gyfer bob un; De: Abermaw i Dal y Bont (8milltir) Canol: Tal y Bont i Harlech (13 milltir) Gogledd: Harlech i Landecwyn (12 milltir). Roedd Ardudwy yn dalaith ganoloesol. Mae’r ‘Daith’ yn croesi ffurfiannau starts on the left. left. the on starts Way’ The hill from the crossroads in Llandecwyn and in 200 yards ‘ yards 200 in and Llandecwyn in crossroads the from hill daearegol y creigiau Cambrian, Cromen Harlech ac yn rhoi’r cyfle i chi flasu rhai o olygfeydd arfordirol a mynyddig Northern Section Northern Reverse Route: Reverse , Llandecwyn to Harlech or Llanfair, start up the the up start Llanfair, or Harlech to Llandecwyn , For the reverse direction of the of direction reverse the For mwyaf godidog Cymru. Mae’n ymweld â safleoedd cynhanesyddol ac yn rhoi’r cyfle i weld llystyfiant amrywiol ac adar prin yr ardal. Dylid nodi nad oes unrhyw gaffis na chyfleusterau ar hyd ‘Y Daith’. the main road. road. main the (which has the legend of Dorti the local witch), before heading left to to left heading before witch), local the Dorti of legend the has (which (E) Uchaf Tecwyn Llyn to On Snowdon. and , (D) estuary estuary the Morfa, Coastal the of view stunning a provides and Church Llandecwyn to up right sharp turns ‘The Way’ ‘The Y Daith: Er mwyn ymuno â’r ‘Daith’ o Harlech, cychwynwch wrth y Castell a cherdded i fyny’r allt heibio Gwesty’r Llew. Ymhen milltir, wrth y capel, dragonflies and damselflies. Otters are occasionaly seen. occasionaly are Otters damselflies. and dragonflies trowch i’r chwith am 0.5 milltir yna fforchio i’r dde, gan ddilyn arwyddbost woodpecker and bats. The small lake, Llyn Tecwyn Isaf, has lilies and contains some of Wales rarest rarest Wales of some contains and lilies has Isaf, Tecwyn Llyn lake, small The bats. and woodpecker Cwm Bychan. Ymhen milltir arall, byddwch yn ymuno â Rhan the zig zags. These oak woods are special because of the trees, pied flycatchers, three species of of species three flycatchers, pied trees, the of because special are woods oak These zags. zig the Ogleddol ‘Y Daith’ gan fynd i’r chwith. Mae’r llwybr yn mynd heibio burial, ceremonial and settlement sites as it descends to the lane and turns left and left again after after again left and left turns and lane the to descends it as sites settlement and ceremonial burial, Rhyd yr Eirin (A) ac yna’n croesi rhostiroedd uchel lle ceir golygfeydd passes further Bronze and Iron Age Age Iron and Bronze further passes Way’ The the bog on the left of the path are rare mosses. ‘ mosses. rare are path the of left the on bog the godidog o’r tir a’r môr. Ymhen milltir, edrychwch i’r chwith i weld caer . In In . (C) site burial Age Bronze to the north east to a knoll and Bryn Cader Faner, a spectacular spectacular a Faner, Cader Bryn and knoll a to east north the to 2500-mlwydd-oed o gyfnod Oes yr Haearn ar Foel Goedog a chael cip years ago) trackway for a further mile before turning off left. From here take a detour of 200 yards yards 200 of detour a take here From left. off turning before mile further a for trackway ago) years ar Lyn Cwm Bychan islaw ar y dde. Gellir gweld Tinwen y Garn yma yn y ^ goes left (easy to miss) and follows a Bronze Age (3000 to 4000 4000 to (3000 Age Bronze a follows and miss) to (easy left goes Way’ The After another 2 miles ‘ miles 2 another After Gwanwyn a’r Haf ynghyd â’r Bwncath a’r Hebog (B). Ymhen 2 filltir arall mae’r ‘Daith’ yn troi i’r chwith (gwyliwch rhag colli’r tro) ac yn dilyn trac o (B). peregrines and buzzards also also gyfnod Oes yr Efydd (3000 i 4000 o flynyddoedd yn ôl) am filltir arall cyn troi i’r chwith. Yma, below to the right. Wheatears may be seen in spring and summer and and summer and spring in seen be may Wheatears right. the to below cerddwch oddeutu 200 llath i’r gogledd ddwyrain tuag at fryncyn Bryn Cader Faner a chladdfa Iron Age Fort on Moel Goedog and a glimpse of Llyn Cwm Bychan way way Bychan Cwm Llyn of glimpse a and Goedog Moel on Fort Age Iron ysblennydd o gyfnod Oes yr Efydd (C). Mae mwsoglau prin yn y gors ar ochr chwith y llwybr. and towards the sea. After roughly 1 mile look left for the 2500 year old old year 2500 the for left look mile 1 roughly After sea. the towards and Mae’r ‘Daith’ yn mynd heibio rhagor o gladdfeydd, safleoedd seremon ol ac aneddiadau o gyfnod and then crosses high moorland with spectacular views inland inland views spectacular with moorland high crosses then and yr Eirin (A) Eirin yr Oes yr Efydd ac Oes yr Haearn wrth ostwng i’r gilffordd ac yn troi i’r chwith a’r chwith eto ar ôl y Northern Section Northern the the Rhyd Rhyd passes path The left. going Way’ The of ‘ of rhan igam-ogam. Mae’r goedwig dderw hon yn arbennig oherwydd y coed, y Gwybedog Brith, miles then fork right, signposted Cwm Bychan. In another mile you join join you mile another In Bychan. Cwm signposted right, fork then miles y tair rhywogaeth wahanol o gnocellau’r coed a’r ystlumod sy’n byw yma. Yn y llyn bach, Llyn up the hill past The Lion Hotel.