Owen Gethin Jones (1816 - 1883), was a Welsh building contractor, quarry owner and prominent poet.

[3] Jones was a prominent poet in Eisteddfod circles and was a noted local historian.

[4] The essay refers to the first nonconformist sermon in the parish in about 1784 at Penrhyn Uchaf; it describes the buildings at Dugoed farm (53°03′11″N 3°46′55″W / 53.053°N 3.782°W / 53.053; -3.782) (the oldest part of the farmhouse was built around 1517[5]) and reflects on the possible sites of historical significance on the farm itself, including Tomen y Castell as a possible fort and the field Cae'r Braint ("Field of Honour") which may have contained a great Bardic circle.

[7] Between 1861 and 1863, Jones built the Rhiwbach Tramway serving eight of the slate quarries at Blaenau Ffestiniog.

[11] In the mid 1870s, Jones opened the Bwlch Gordduant quarry in the Crimea Pass between Blaenau Ffestiniog and Dolwyddelan.