A well-preserved 15th-century manor house at Penarth Fawr is maintained by Cadw,[2] and another ancient monument Plas Du (Welsh: Black Place) is a well-preserved, substantial sub-medieval gentry house.

[3] It also has important historical associations; it was known as the centre of the Roman Catholic faith in the region and was the home of Thomas Owen, High Sheriff of Caernarfonshire from 1569, who was imprisoned for sheltering missionary priests in the house in 1571.

"The village is pleasantly situated in a fertile plain, and the neighbour-hood partakes of the pleasing scenery which prevails in this part of the country.

The church, dedicated to Saint Garmon, is an ancient and spacious structure in good repair : some additional windows have lately been inserted, previously to which alteration the interior was very dark."

Samuel Lewis, Topographical Dictionary of Wales (1833) This Gwynedd location article is a stub.