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Y Rhiw (pronounced ''a rhoo'' with slightly guttural h) is a small village on the south west tip of the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd in Wales. From the village there are fine views towards Snowdonia and nearby is the National Trust owned ''Plas yn Rhiw'',〔(Aberdaron and District Tourist Link : ''Aberdaron'' ) Retrieved 2009-08-16〕 above which, on the slopes of ''Mynydd Rhiw'' is a late Stone Age burial chamber,〔(Cyngor Gwynedd : ''Llŷn Coastal Path : Plas yn Rhiw to Llanbedrog'' ) Retrieved 2009-08-16〕 and neolithic quarries.〔(Rhiw : ''Mynydd Rhiw Axe Factory'' ) Retrieved 2009-08-16〕 Nearby on ''Mynydd y Graig'' are three hill forts, several hut circles and terraced fields that are thought to date from the late Iron Age;〔(Gwynedd Archaeological Trust : ''Rhiw and Penarfynydd'' ) Retrieved 2009-08-16〕 a Bronze Age cinerary urn was uncovered in 1955.〔(Rhiw : ''Bronze Age Urn'' ) Retrieved 2009-08-16〕 The village forms part of the community of Aberdaron. Common land at ''Mynydd Rhiw'' and ''Mynydd y Graig'' was enclosed by Act of Parliament in 1811, and barley and oats were grown. Manganese was discovered in 1827; donkeys carried the ore to ''Porth Cadlan'' and ''Porth Neigwl'', and in the late 19th-century houses were built for industrial workers. By 1914 an aerial ropeway had been constructed, passing over the growing village to a jetty on the shore at ''Porth Neigwl''.〔 In World War I there was a great demand for manganese as a strengthening agent for steel, and the industry became a substantial employer in the village;〔 over of ore were extracted during the lifetime of the mines,〔 and in 1906 the industry employed 200 people.〔(Rhiw : ''About'' ) Retrieved 2009-08-16〕 During World War II, coal miners, Cornish tin miners and a contingent of the Royal Canadian Engineers were drafted in to work the mines.〔(Mindat : ''Benallt Mine'' ) Retrieved 2009-08-16〕 ==Plas yn Rhiw== (詳細はPlas yn Rhiw is a grade II * listed early 17th-century manor house, which contains a stone spiral staircase. The house is believed to be on or near the site of an earlier defended house, built by Meirion Goch in the 10th century to prevent incursions by Vikings into ''Porth Neigwl''.〔(Rhiw : ''Plas yn Rhiw : The First Thousand Years'' ) Retrieved 2009-08-16〕 It was remodelled in 1820, when a third storey was built; a stair-wing added to the rear; and the front redesigned with a Georgian façade and 16 pane sash windows, above a ground floor verandah. The house was restored by the Keating sisters in 1939, with advice from Clough Williams-Ellis, and is now owned by the ''National Trust''. The garden lies below the house and is terraced into the slope, divided by hedges into several small compartments;〔 there are views over ''Porth Neigwl'' and Cardigan Bay, and in spring and summer there are displays of snowdrops and bluebells.〔 (British Broadcasting corporation : ''Plas yn Rhiw'' ) Retrieved 2009-08-16〕 It is the only organic ''National Trust'' garden in Wales.〔(British Broadcasting Corporation : ''The Life of a Garden'' ) Retrieved 2009-08-16〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Y Rhiw」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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