The centre had a high-profile in the Welsh media, with opera singer Bryn Terfel officially opening the attraction in October 1995. The £3 million attraction was part-funded by the European Union. Celtica interpreted the history and culture of the Celts with a walk-through audio-visual exhibition housed in a purpose-built addition to the house. Various local government re-organisations saw responsibility for the Plas pass first to Montgomeryshire District Council, who in 1995 converted it into the Celtica visitor centre. The house was given to the townspeople in December 1948 under the stewardship of the then Machynlleth Urban District Council.
The foundation stone was laid on 15 July 1874 amid great festivities.Īnother son, Lord Herbert Vane-Tempest, was the last member of the family to live at the Plas and was killed in the Abermule train collision on the Cambrian Railways, of which he was a director. The tower, which stands on the site of the old town hall, is the first thing many visitors will notice. To celebrate the 21st birthday of their eldest son, Viscount Castlereagh, the townspeople subscribed to the erection (at the town's main road intersection) of the clock tower, which has become widely known as the symbol of Machynlleth. He became Earl Vane on the death of his father and the fifth Marquess on the death of his half-brother. Mary Cornelia, the daughter of local landowner Sir John Edwards married Viscount Seaham, the second son of the third Marquess of Londonderry, in 1846 and they set up home in Plas Machynlleth. A document dated 1632 shows that animals for sale came from all over Merionethshire, Montgomeryshire, Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Denbighshire, and prospective buyers came from Flintshire, Radnorshire, Brecknockshire, Herefordshire and Shropshire, in addition to the above. The weekly market and biannual fair thrived, and in 1613 drew complaints from other towns whose trading in cloth was being severely affected. The name Royal House undoubtedly refers to the tradition that Charles I stayed at the house in 1643. After his release by Glyndŵr, ransomed Gam fought alongside Henry V at the Battle of Agincourt and is named amongst the dead in Shakespeare's Henry V. According to local tradition, Dafydd Gam, a Welsh ally of the English kings, was imprisoned here from 1404 to 1412 for attempting to assassinate Owain Glyndŵr. The Royal House, which stands on the corner of the Garsiwn, is another of the mediaeval houses that can still be seen today. The Wednesday market is still a busy and popular day in Machynlleth 700 years later. This gave him the right to hold "a market at Machynlleth every Wednesday for ever and two fairs every year". One of the earliest written references to Machynlleth is the Royal charter granted in 1291 by Edward I to Owen de la Pole, Lord of Powys. The Romans settled in the area they built a fort at Pennal ( Cefn Caer) 4 miles (6 km) west of Machynlleth, and are reputed to have had two look-out posts above the town at Bryn-y-gog and Wylfa, and another fort, called Maglona, at Machynlleth. There are legends of a once fertile plain, the Cantre'r Gwaelod, now lost beneath the waves of Cardigan Bay. 2,750 years ago), within 1 mile (1.6 km) of the town centre. In the late-1990s, radiocarbon dating showed that copper mining was taking place in the Early Bronze Age ( c. There is a long history of human activity in the Machynlleth area. Some sources say it derives from "Cynllaith's plain", while others say it derives from Mach-yn-llehtr, meaning "the ridge on the slope" History The etymology of the name Machynlleth is disputed. 2.1 Plas Machynlleth, the Londonderry family and the Clock Tower.
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