Porth Dinllaen, Gwynedd - Origins postcard

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• Picture / Image:  Porth Dinllaen, Gwynedd [formerly Caernarvonshire] - general view
• Publisher:  Origins  Gwreiddiau
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Porthdinllaen (in English sometimes Porth Dinllaen), is a small coastal village in the Dwyfor locality on the Llyn Peninsula within Gwynedd, Wales, located on a small promontory, and historically in Caernarfonshire. It is near the larger village of Morfa Nefyn.

It has been owned by the National Trust since 1994. With views across to Yr Eifl and Snowdonia, Porthdinllaen, with Nefyn and Morfa Nefyn, form a magnificent two miles (3 km) of sweeping bay. There are only about two dozen buildings at Porthdinllaen, with the Ty Coch pub the centre of the village.

Vehicular access to the village is restricted to residents with a car permit; visitors must walk across the beach from Morfa Nefyn or across the golf course on top of the headland, past the Iron Age hillfort.

Porthdinllaen was originally a fishing port, based around a natural harbour at the west end of a bay over a mile and a quarter (2 km) across, and with over one hundred acres (40 ha) of safe anchorage. The harbour is sheltered by a headland jutting out to the north from all but a north-easterly wind, and as the only such haven on the Llyn Peninsula, it has been used for many centuries of trading, and as a place to run to for shelter in a storm.^[1]

In May 1806, a parliamentary bill approved new buildings when it seemed that Porthdinllaen would be chosen as the port on the route to Ireland, rather than Holyhead, Anglesey. Porthdinllaen was almost as far west as Holyhead, but Holyhead was more accessible, due to Thomas Telford's road developments. Porthdinllaen Harbour Company was formed in 1808 in preparation, by the Jones Parry family of the Madryn estate (the company's assets included the village and the harbour), but the bill before Parliament to constitute Porthdinllaen as a harbour for Irish trade was rejected in 1810.^[2]

Pig farming was important to the economy of the Llyn Peninsula, and Porthdinllaen was the main point of export to Liverpool. In 1830, the farmers and merchants asked the Madryn estate to build a bigger pier, but the estate refused. The first steamer, the ""Vale of Clwyd"", did not therefore enter service until 1832. Apart from goods intended for the local population and the farmers, Porthdinllaen imported large quantities of salt to create the Nefyn herring.^[1]

Mae Porthdinllaen (Cyfeirnod OS: SH2741) yn bentre bychan, agos at Forfa Nefyn ym Mhenrhyn Llyn. Mae'r Ymddiriedolaeth Genedlaethol yn gyfrifol amdano ers 1994. Gweler oddi yno olygfeydd o'r Eifl ac Eryri. Mae'r dafarn ""Ty Coch"" yn ganolfan i'r pentre. Mae'r enw i'w ganfod gyntaf yn 1263: Portdinllaen. Porth ydy porthladd, din ydy'r gaer ar y pentir a elwir Trwyn Porth Dinllaen ac ystyr ""llaen"" ydy ""Llyn"".

Rhaid i ymwelwyr gerdded ato dros y traeth o Forfa Nefyn, neu dros dir y clwb golff ar y pentir, gan fod ceir wedi'u gwahardd.

Mae'r pentre'n hen borthladd pysgota, sydd ar y pen gorllewinol o'r bae 1.25 milltir llydan, a chyda 100 erw o angorfeydd diogel. Roedd y lle'n fwrlwm o longau sgota mor diweddar â'r 19eg ganrif.^[1]

Awgrymyd Porthdinllaen fel porth i longau i'r Iwerddon yn gynnar y 19ed ganrif, ond dewiswyd Caergybi yn ei le.

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city/ region=porth dinllaen

period=post-war (1945-present)

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size=continental/ modern (150x100 mm)