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Mae'r geocache (ddaeargelc) yma wedi ei greu a'i roi fel rhan o brosiect Llwybr Llechi Eryri. Y mae artist Julie Williams (Jŵls) wedi ymgorffori gwaith celf a grëwyd gan blant ysgol ar ymweliadau maes ar hyd y llwybr i mewn i'r llyfrau log. Allwch chi ddod o hyd i bob un o'r 15 ddaeargelc sy'n gysylltiedig â'r llwybr?
Mae cerflun lechi unigryw mewn pob daeargelc a’u pwrpas yw cysylltu yn weledol er mwyn cynrychioli'r Llwybr Llechi. Allwch chi wneud argraff ohonynt, gan ymuno’r 15 i ffurfio cylch Llwybr Llechi eich hun?Rydym yn awgrymu i chi fynd a darn bach o bapur gyda chi er mwyn cymryd y rhwbiad. Yn ystod y prosiect mae streipen oren wedi cynrychioli’r llwybr ac mae’r tuniau daeargell yn adlewyrchu hyn.
Roedd rhaid i’r chwarelwyr brynu neu llogi eu offer fel cŷn, morthwyl neu ‘jympar’, rhaffau neu powdr du i chwythu’r graig, dibynnu beth oedd eu gwaith. Roedden nhw’n talu’r bobl oedd yn berchen ar y chwarel gyda’u cyflog isel! Pe bae gan chwarelwyr yr arian i astudio byddai llawer ohonynt wedi mynd yn gerddorion, athrawon neu’n ddoctoriaid ond doedd ganddyn nhw ddim cefnogaeth ariannol. Roedd hogiau’n cychwyn gweithio yn y chwarel hefo’u tadau’n 12 mlwydd oed.
Ewch i www.snowdoniaslatetrail.org i ddysgu mwy am y daith gerdded 85 milltir ac am rhan o dreftadaeth yr ardal. Aled Owen, sef aelod o Grŵp Gweithred Cymuned Cwm, sydd wedi sbarduno a rheoli’r datblygiad y Llwybr fydd yn cael ei agor yn swyddogol yn ystod hydref 2017. Mae'r prosiect Llwybr Llechi Eryri sydd yn arwain at agor y llwybr wedi cael ei gefnogi gan Gronfa Treftadaeth y Loteri ac amrywiaeth o arianwyr eraill.
Mae’r prosiect ysgolion wedi dod i’w ben gyda’r ysgolion yn gosod daeargell eu hunain gyda chymorth Anita Daimond. Mae peth o’r wybodaeth hanesyddol yn y ddaeargell yn wybodaeth gofnodwyd yn ystod gweithdai cymunedol a drefnwyd gan Siân Shakespear neu wedi’i sgrifennu gan yr ysgolion eu hunain.
This geocache has been created and placed as part of the Snowdonia Slate Trail project. Artist Julie Williams (Jŵls) has incorporated artwork created by school children on field visits along the route into the logbooks. Can you find all 15 geocaches linked to the route?
Each geocache also includes an unique slate carving, designed to connect with each other to represent the Snowdonia Slate Trail. Can you make a rubbing of each one, joining the 15 together to form your own circular Slate Trail ? We suggest you take a small piece of paper with you to take a rubbing.During the project an orange stripe has been used to represent the trail so this has been used in the geocache tin design.
The quarrymen had to pay for or hire their equipment such as hammer and chisel or ‘crowbar’, ropes or black powder to blast the rock depending on their job. They paid the owners of the quarry from their own low pay! If quarrymen had the money to study many of them would have been musicians, teachers or doctors but they didn’t have the financial support. Boys would start to work in the quarry with their fathers when they were 12 years old.
Visit www.snowdoniaslatetrail.org to learn more about this 85-mile walk and some of the heritage of the area. Aled Owen a member of the Cwm Community Action Group has initiated and managed the development of this Trail which will be officially opened during the autumn of 2017The Snowdonia Slate Trail Project which has led up to the opening of the trail has been supportedby the Heritage Lottery Fund together with match funding from a range of other funders.
The schools project has culminated in the participating schools setting their own geocacheswith support from Anita Daimond. Some of the historical information included in the geocaches is information shared by local people who attended community workshops organised by Sian Shakespear or written by the schools themselves.