Ian King
I have lived in Dolgellau since 1988 and have run a town website at dolgellau.wales since 2000. Nannau.com was launched in April 2014 and this site in May 2018. I also have a Nannau Facebook Page if you want to post any comments.
Ceubren Yr Ellyll – 1889 Engraving
Derwen Ceubren yr Ellyll -1889 Engraving
An ORIGINAL 1889 Print/Lithograph titled "The Remains of Howel Sele discovered in the Oak of Nannau”.
The engraving was taken from the book "A Legend of Merioneth”.
It...
Derwen Ceubren yr Ellyll Print from a Sketch by Sir Richard Colt Hoare
Within the trunk of this venerable oak (according to Welch tradition) the body of Howel Sele, a powerful chieftain, residing at Nannau in Merionethshire, was immured, by order of his rival...
The Deer Park
The original deer park was probably medieval although the heart of the present park most likely dates back to the seventeenth century, with enlargement and landscaping probably late eighteenth and early...
The Nannau Summer House
The 'Summer House' was built on the estate as folly in the early nineteenth century.
The 1693 – 1794 House
The House of Hugh Nanney Hên (c.1693 – c.1794)
"Old Nannau" (built c.1693) from a sketch by Moses Griffiths (1749-1819) drawn circa 1785. Image courtesy of The National Library of Wales.
Note the...
Robert Williames Vaughan, aged c.16, by William Parry
Robert Williames Vaughan, aged c.16, by William Parry (1742-1791).
WILLIAM PARRY 1743-1791 - A portrait of Robert Williames Vaughan, aged c.16, half length, head to the right, wearing a grey-striped satin “Vandyke” suit...
Nannau by Moses Griffith in 1805
Nannau by Moses Griffith in 1805.
Taken from Sketches in north Wales by Moses Griffith.
Drawing volume collection DV 27 (8vo).
Information courtesy of Wikipedia.
