LLANBERIS  , a

town of Carnarvonshire, N . Wales, 8i m . E. by S. of Carnarvon, by a branch of the London & North-Western railway . Pop . (1901) 3or5 . It is finely situated in a valley near the foot of Snowdon . The valley has two lakes, Llyn Peris and Llyn Padarn, of over r m. and 2 M. long respectively, about 4 m. apart . From Padarn rises the Seint, called Rothell in its upper part . Dolbadarn Castle is a circular tower near the foot of Peris lake . Dolbadarn means the " Padarn meadow." Several Welsh churches are dedicated to Padarn . In the castle Owen Goch (Owen the Red) was imprisoned from 1254 to 1277, by the last Llewelyn, whose brother Dafydd held it for some time against Edward I . During the time of Owen Glendower (temp .

Henry IV. and Henry V.), the castle often changed hands . Near is Ceunantmawr waterfall . The Vaenol ,late quarries are here, and hence is the easiest ascent of Snowdon, with a railway to the summit . From the road over the fine Llanberis pass towards Capel Curig, a turn to the right leads to Beddgelert, through Nant Gwynnant (" white " or " happy valley," or " stream "), where Pembroke and Ieuan ap Robert (for the I.ancastrians)had manyskirmishes in the time of Edward IV . Gwynnant Lake is about 1 m. long, by s m. broad, and below it is the smaller Llyn Dinas .