THE latest community news from Harlech

Community Council

COUNCILLORS have been looking into the possibility of installing flashing speeding lights on Morfa Road.

Cllr Freya Bentham reported that the estimated cost would be £6,000.

It was agreed to discuss this matter further at the next meeting of the council in September.

The clerk reported that she had received an e-mail from Gethin Jones on behalf of the Porthmadog Football Academy asking if it would be possible for the under 13s and 14s age group to use the King George V playing field on Sunday mornings/afternoons and also stated that they would help with the upkeep of the football field.

After a discussion it was unanimously agreed for them to have the use of the football field but the clerk was asked to point out that they did not have any changing facilities and they would have to have a discussion with the swimming pool directors with regard to this matter to see if they would be able to use their facilities at the swimming pool to change and shower.

Also the clerk reported that she had received an e-mail from the Park Community Group voicing disappointment that the council had not consulted with them regarding plans by the Cycle Club to have a cycle track in the field and the chair agreed to contact Tracy Dawson with regard to the latest development regarding the cycle track.

Historical Society

LOCAL archaeologist Andrew Wolfe led the society’s second outdoor meeting of the summer on a walk up to Meirionnydd’s most celebrated prehistoric monument. Bryn Cader Faner sits at the head of a small upland valley on the slopes of Moel Ysgyfarnogod.

This is an Early Bronze Age cairn built some 4,000 years ago. Slabs of rock, jutting out of the body of the cairn at about 45 degrees, imbue the monument with a powerful sense of drama. When approached from the south, as we did, Bryn Cader Faner sits imposingly on the skyline and this has generally been regarded as the purpose behind the builders’ choice of location.

The track leading up to it begins in Llanbedr and probably had an important ceremonial function if the monuments strung out along its length are anything to go by. Likewise, the track leading up from Caerwych, to the north-west is also heavily monumentalised. Bryn Cader Faner sits at the apex of these two trackways. If we think of the monuments as a ‘complex’, rather than simply a collection of individual sites, we may be closer to grasping the true relevance that this remarkable place must have held for our Bronze Age ancestors.

WI

THE president Jan Cole welcomed members to this evenings meeting.

Jan introduced the guest speaker for the evening Sophie Rendle, who would be giving a talk on vets in practice.

Sophie has worked in veterinary practice in Dolgellau for eight years.

Denise Hagan gave a vote of thanks to Sophie, who judged the competition with her daughter.

The business meeting then started.

The County letter was read, with acknowledgement from Meinir Lloyd Jones, thanking everyone who supported the Fashion Show in Porthmadog in June, a very successful evening.

Members were asked to give some thought to the resolutions to be put forward for next year, all suggestions please by the end of July to Christine. The raffle prize was drawn with the winner Edwina Evans.

Jan informed everyone there would be no meeting in August, with the next meeting planned for 12 September.

The talk will be Communication with the Deaf, by the Royal Society for the Deaf.

Meetings are held in The Memorial Hall on the second Wednesday of every month, except August/December commencing at 7pm.

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