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- An Assessment of Recent Field Work on the Great Orme - Observations on field work at Llety'r Filiast, Pen y Dinas, Mynydd Isaf, Badger's Cave, Pen Trwyn and Ffynnon Rufeinig.
www.shef.ac.uk/assem/4/4wager.html
- Area 2000: The Great Orme (Pen y Gogarth) - A report by Gwynedd Archaeological Trust, which includes area history, a map, an aerial photograph showing ancient features such as fields, and a brief discussion of the areas historic landscape characteristics.
www.heneb.co.uk/GAT_site/hlc_creuddyn/cr2000.htm
- Articles, Travelogues & Features about North Wales - Includes three articles about the Great Orme and its history: Alien Goats, Mysterious Mountain of Legends, and the Wreck of the Hornby.
www.marl.com/lds/articles/features.html
- Caves of the Great Orme - Reports with maps of exploration in 1994 of Upper Kendrick's Cave, and others. Published by the Gwynedd Cave and Pothole Club.
www.anchor.co.uk/home/rob/GwyneddCavePot/Ogofa/Ogofa2/GreatOrme.htm
- Caves of the Great Orme - Reports with maps of later exploration in 1994 of Ogof Hafnant and other caves.
www.anchor.co.uk/home/rob/GwyneddCavePot/Ogofa/Ogofa3/GreatOrme.htm
- Conwy County Borough Council (CCBC) Unitary Development Plan (UDP) - Links to the draft version of the UDP in PDF. Chapter 3 (ST4 and ST5) and Chapter 5 (introduction, E10, E15, E18 and E22) include special regulations aimed at conserving the Orme's landscape beauty, and unique ecological, archaeological and geological significance.
www.conwy.gov.uk/English/2council/planning/policy/devel_plans/udp/udp_intro/Ec3.html
- Geology of the Great Orme Area - An excerpt from the Journal of the Open University Geological Society, which discusses with illustrations, the composition and features of the various locations within the area.
www.cerianwen.demon.co.uk/geology/fieldgde.htm
- Great Orme Copper Mines - Visitor's photographs taken in November 2001.
www.mimno.org/england/greatorme.html
- Great Orme Hang Gliding and Paragliding Flying Site Guide - Site description and map with take off and landing notes. Details of the North Wales Hang Gliding and Paragliding Club.
www.nwhgpc.org.uk/great-orme.shtml
- Great Orme Management Plan CADW - Aerial photographs of medieval ridge and furrow farming, Second World War gunnery school site, and surface copper mining sites of 1840s.
www.heneb.co.uk/GAT_site/Projects_99-00/orme_plan/orme_plan.htm
- Great Orme Summit Complex - Information about and directions to the complex which contains a bar, restaurant and shops.
www.marl.com/lds/Summit/summit.html
- Great Ormes Head Model Glyder Flying - A description, with photographs, of model flying.
www.aerotowing.freeserve.co.uk/gawMapGreatOrmes.htm
- Kashmir Goats on the Great Orme - Information about the goats and over 50 photographs.
www.vegetarianguesthouse.co.uk/kashmirgoats.htm
- Limestone Pavement - Photographs of this geological feature.
www.royagcol.ac.uk/soils/pavements/orme.htm
- Limestone Pavement Soil - Photograph and discussion of the brown rendzina and humic rendzina soil types.
www.royagcol.ac.uk/soils/book/soilscapes1.htm
- Llandudno and the Great Orme - Describing the Haulfre Gardens, the Happy Valley, St. Tudno's Church, the Free Trade Loaf and other antiquities.
www.noel.walley.btinternet.co.uk
- Llandudno Bardic Stone Circle and Archaeology - A modern circle built for the Eisteddfod of 1963. Illustrated together with a neolithic standing stone, the Cromlech ancient burial chamber, the bronze age copper mine and the ancient stone rows.
myweb.tiscali.co.uk/celynog/llandudno.htm
- Llandudno Cable Car - A description of the aerial cabin car facility between the Happy Valley and the Summit of the Great Orme.
www.hafodymor.co.uk/pages/cablecar.htm
- Llandudno Telegraph: A Promise Made a Promise Kept - History with technical details of the "Liverpool to Holyhead Optical Telegraph System" in which the station on the summit of the Orme figured prominently.
www.nwrrc.fsnet.co.uk/dennis.htm
- Mines around Llandudno - Details of the Great Orme copper mines with grid references.
www.anchor.co.uk/home/rob/GwyneddCavePot/GwyneddMines/Llandudno.htm
- Mining in Llandudno, the Great Orme Mines - Bronze Age and later mining, old and new mines and the later Ty Gwyn mine, description with map of 1861, metallurgy and geology.
www.maelgwyn.com/mininga.htm
- North Wales Limestone Area Climbing Information - Provides detailed information about rock climbing on the Great Orme and also the Little Orme.
curbar.rockfax.com/north_wales_limestone/area.html
- School Visit to the Copper Mines - A report written by local primary school children on their class visit to the mines.
www.deganwy.conwy.sch.uk/Pages/copper_mines.htm
- The Great Orme - Information for rock climbers with photographs.
www.zawn.co.uk/crags/greatorme/index.htm
- The Great Orme - Information about the Orme and its history, archaeology, ecology, mining, shipwreck and goats.
www.llandudno.com/orme.html
- The Great Orme Copper Mines - Includes a historical sketch of what may possibly have been the world's largest Bronze Age copper mining complex.
www.data-wales.co.uk/orme.htm
- The Great Orme Exploration Society - Provides membership and contact information, also a profile of the society formed in 1985 to organise exploration and interpretation of the ancient copper mines.
llandudno.org/explore.html
- The History of the Orme Family - A detailed history of the norse origins of the word, "Orme".
www.thegreatorme.co.uk/index.htm
- The Modern Antiquarian - Great Orme Mine - Photographs of the Bronze-Age Copper Mines and of two other antiquities, the 'stone rows' and Llety'r Filiast (Cromlech burial chamber).
www.themodernantiquarian.com/browse.php?site_id=2157
- The Rest and be Thankful Café - Details are given of its location on the Marine Drive and of the opening times. The café is also an information centre and a base for the Llandudno Heritage Trust.
www.restandbethankful.net
- Wales Underground - Great Orme Copper Mines - Describing the history, archaeology and geology of the 3,500 year old Bronze Age Copper Mines, now open to the public.
www.wales-underground.org.uk/orme/geology.shtml
- Conwy County Borough Council Countryside Services: Great Orme - The official council website includes an introduction to the Orme, its wildlife and its attractions; the management plan for the country park; details of conservation events, and information for schools.
www.conwy.gov.uk/English/2council/planning/countryside/greatorme/gointro/ec1.html
- Great Orme Mines - Official website of the mines attraction with pictures and information on archaeology, geology, prices, and visiting the visitor centre, audio visual, underground mines, tea room and shop.
www.greatorme.freeserve.co.uk
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