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    Aberdaron (Welsh pronunciation: [abɛrˈdarɔn]) is a community, electoral ward and former fishing village at the western tip of the Llŷn Peninsula in the...
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    Dic Aberdaron (Richard Robert Jones; 1780–1843), also known as Dick of Aberdaron, was a Welsh traveller and polyglot. Aberdaron was born in 1780 in the...
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    The Church of St Hywyn, Aberdaron, Gwynedd, Wales, is a parish church dating from the 12th century. Its origins are earlier, as a clas church from the...
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    seventeenth century around Abersoch. Shipbuilding was important at Nefyn, Aberdaron, Abersoch and Llanaelhaearn, although the industry collapsed after the...
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    Bardsey Island (category Aberdaron)
    lighthouse stands. Since 1974 it has been included in the community of Aberdaron. The island is claimed to be the burial site of Merlin. It has been an...
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  • R. S. Thomas (category People from Aberdaron)
    From 1967 to 1978 he was vicar of St Hywyn's Church (built 1137) in Aberdaron at the western tip of the Llŷn Peninsula. Thomas retired as a clergyman...
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    miles (215 km) in length, and was officially launched at Porth y Swnt, Aberdaron on 10 July 2014. Development of the trail started in 2011, and its official...
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    Y Rhiw (category Aberdaron)
    Peninsula in Gwynedd, Wales. The village forms part of the community of Aberdaron. From the village there are views towards Snowdonia. Nearby is the National...
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  • of the rural landscape. He was a member of the Knickerbocker Club. At Aberdaron he designed the Old Post Office in a vernacular style in 1950. An important...
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    Namib Desert, Africa; Porth Oer (also known as Whistling Sands) near Aberdaron in Wales; Indiana Dunes in Indiana; Barking Sands Beach in Hawaiʻi; Ming...
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