Ffynnon Lloer

Ffynnon Lloer
Location in Wales
Location in Wales
Ffynnon Lloer
LocationSnowdonia, North Wales
Coordinates53°8′21″N 4°0′4″W / 53.13917°N 4.00111°W / 53.13917; -4.00111
Typenatural
Primary outflowsAfon Lloer
Basin countriesUnited Kingdom
Surface area6 acres (2.43 ha)

Ffynnon Lloer (Welsh for 'source of [the] Moon') is a lake in the Carneddau range of mountains in Snowdonia, North Wales. It lies below the peaks of Pen yr Ole Wen and Carnedd Dafydd at a height of 2,225 feet (678 m) and covers an area of some 6 acres (2.43 ha).

The remains of two wartime aircraft, which crashed in 1942 and 1943, lie on the slopes round the lake.[1]

Afon Lloer, its outflow, flows into Llyn Ogwen.

References

  1. ^ Nick Wotherspoon; Alan Clark; Mark Sheldon (2009). Aircraft Wrecks: The Walker's Guide : Historic Crash Sites on the Moors and Mountains of the British Isles. Casemate Publishers. pp. 39–. ISBN 978-1-84415-910-9.