Dolbenmaen (Welsh pronunciationⓘ) is a village and community in the Welsh county of Gwynedd, located in Eifionydd, of which it was the administrative centre until 1239.[1] The community includes the villages of Bryncir (Welsh pronunciationⓘ), Cenin, Garndolbenmaen, (the largest settlement) Golan, Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, Penmorfa (Welsh pronunciationⓘ), Pentrefelin, Wern, Glan-dwyfach, and the hamlet of Prenteg. It has a population of 1,300,[2] increasing slightly to 1,343 at the 2011 Census.[3] The summit of Moel Hebog is shared between Beddgelert and Dolbenmaen. It is a sparsely populated area and covers nearly 100 square kilometres.[4]
St Mary's church
A castle motte is located to the south of the village which is thought to have been the residence of Llywelyn the Great until the 1230s, when the court moved to a new castle at Criccieth. The castle guarded a ford on the Afon Dwyfor which may have been on the Pen Llystyn (Tremadog) to Segontium Roman road.[5] The parish church of St Mary's is a grade II* listed building.[6] South of Pentrefelin is St Cynhaearn's Church, Ynyscynhaearn.
^Criccieth Visitors' Map and Brief History, 2002, Cymdeithas Hanes Eifionydd Archived 29 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Wales
^Office for National Statistics : Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : Gwynedd Archived 22 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 13 January 2010
^"Community population 2011". Retrieved 15 May 2015.
^"Custom report - Nomis - Official Labour Market Statistics".
^"DOLBENMAEN CASTLE MOUND | Coflein". www.coflein.gov.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
^"Parish Church of St Mary, Dolbenmaen". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
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