Tryfan and Tyn Towyn

From the collection of

Archif Sgrin a Sain Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / National Library of Wales Screen and Sound Archive
Established in 2001, the National Library of Wales Screen and Sound Archive holds an unrivalled collection of films, TV and radio broadcasts, video tapes and sound recordings relating to Wales and the Welsh, from 1898 to the present day. The collection spans multiples formats and genres, both professional and amateur.

Tryfan and Tyn Towyn


Artist Charles F Tunnicliffe creates a cinematic ‘sketch-book’ of landscape elements on Anglesey and in Snowdonia. There are shots of Tyn Towyn, a picture-book cottage on the beach at Porth Nobla, Llanfaelog, and an old ‘clapper’ bridge where cattle come to drink, a distant windmill visible. Sheep pass Dyffryn Mymbyr farmhouse, Capel Curig (once owned by T Firbank, author of ‘I Bought a Mountain’ and later by E Kirby), and Tryfan mountain and a Galloway bull loom large.


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