In 1800 Mary Jones walked some 26 miles barefoot across the mountains from her home in the Dysynni valley to Bala, to buy a Welsh Bible from the Reverend Thomas Charles. She was 15 or 16 at the time — sources differ — and her determination is widely credited with inspiring the founding of the British and Foreign Bible Society. Today a stone memorial obelisk marks the ruins of her childhood cottage, Tyn-y-ddôl, near Llanfihangel-y-Pennant beneath Cadair Idris. It's a quiet, simple spot rather than a visitor attraction, and pairs naturally with nearby Castell y Bere.
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