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A handsome market town,
Machynlleth sits on the River Dyfi near
Aberystwyth and it was here in 1404, in Maengwyn
Street, that the Welsh freedom fighter Owain
Glyndwr held an historic parliament.
The town centre has a 78ft
clock tower – more like a Gothic church
steeple – which was presented to the town in
1873 to mark the coming of age of the son of
the Marquis of Londonderry who lived at Plas
Machynlleth, now used as council offices.
A few miles out of town is
the Centre for Alternative Technology, a
unique attraction which shows the many ways
that energy can be produced with minimal
impact on the Earth’s finite resources. |
Machynlleth town clock - Photo:
Barry Jones
CCL |
