Ardudwy is an area of Gwynedd in north-west Wales, lying between Tremadog Bay and the Rhinogydd. History Gwynedd was an independent kingdom from the end of the Roman period until the 13th Century when it was conquered and subjugated by England Tremadog Bay is an inlet of Cardigan Bay, defined by the north Cambrian Coast and the Llŷn peninsula of north Wales. The Rhinogydd (a Welsh plural form often Anglicised as Rhinogs and also known by the alternative Welsh plural Rhinogau) are a range of Administratively, under the old Kingdom of Gwynedd, it was a commote of the cantref of Dunoding. Gwynedd (pr) is one of several Welsh Successor states that emerged in 5th-century post-Roman Britain. A commote ( Welsh cwmwd, plural cymydau, less frequently cymydoedd) sometimes spelt in older documents as cymwd, was a Secular A Cantref (ˈkantrɛ(v was a Medieval Welsh land division particularly important in the administration of Welsh law. The fertile swathe of land stretching from Barmouth to Harlech was historically used as pasture. Barmouth ( Welsh: Abermaw (formal Y Bermo ( Colloquial) is a Town in the County of Gwynedd, north-western Harlech (pronounced ˈharlɛx is a Town and Seaside resort in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, lying on Tremadog Bay, and within Pasture is land with Herbaceous vegetation cover used for grazing of Ungulate Livestock as part of a Farm or Ranch.

Ardudwy features prominently in Welsh mythology. Welsh mythology, the remnants of the Mythology of the pre Christian Britons, has come down to us in much altered form in medieval Welsh manuscripts In the Third Branch of the Mabinogi, Bendigeidfran holds court at Harlech, and his severed head returns there for seven years before it is taken on to Gwales. Bran the Blessed ( Welsh: Bendigeidfran, literally "Blessed Crow" is a giant and king of Britain in Welsh mythology. Harlech (pronounced ˈharlɛx is a Town and Seaside resort in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, lying on Tremadog Bay, and within Grassholm ( Welsh: Gwales or Ynys Gwales) is a small uninhabited Island situated 13 km / 8 miles off the southwest Pembrokeshire ^[1] In the Fourth Branch, Lleu Llaw Gyffes is given Eifionydd and Ardudwy as his fief by Math fab Mathonwy. Lleu Llaw Gyffes (/ɬeɨ ɬau gəfes/ sometimes misspelled Llew Llaw Gyffes is a figure of Welsh mythology. Eifionydd ( Prononced Ayvionith) is an area in north-west Wales covering the south-eastern part of the Llŷn peninsula from Porthmadog to just In Welsh mythology, Math fab Mathonwy, also called Math ap Mathonwy (Math son of Mathonwy was a king of Gwynedd who needed to rest his feet in the lap Lleu built his palace at Mur y Castell in Ardudwy. He reigned there before and after the usurpation of Gronw Pebr, whom he killed on the banks of the River Cynfael. In Welsh mythology, Gronw Pebr, lord of Penllyn is a character in the fourth of the Four Branches of the Mabinogion, the tale of Math fab Mathonwy ^[2]

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