Llyn Glangors

Llyn Glangors

Infobox lake
lake_name = Llyn Glangors
image_lake = Llyn_Glangors.jpg
caption_lake = Looking WSW across the lake. Views across to Moel Siabod (left) and Tryfan and the Glyders (right)
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location = Gwydir Forest, North Wales
coords = coord|53|7|36|N|3|50|8|W|type:waterbody_region:GB|display=inline,title
type = reservoir
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basin_countries = United Kingdom
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area = convert|15|acre|abbr=on|lk=on
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elevation = convert|900|ft|abbr=on
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Llyn Glangors is a lake in the Gwydir Forest in north Wales. It lies at a height of convert|900|ft|m|abbr=on and covers an area of 15 acres. An artificial reservoir, it was created to supply water for the nearby Pandora lead mine.

Sarn Helen, the Roman road, is thought to have passed close to the lake.

References

*"The Lakes of Eryri", by Geraint Roberts, Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 1985


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