Pant Glas
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{{for|the farmhouse|Pant-glas Farmhouse, Llanishen, Monmouthshire}}
{{Infobox UK place
| country = Wales
| official_name = Pant Glas
| welsh_name =
| coordinates = {{coord|53.001|-4.278|display=inline,title}}
| static_image_name = Pant Glas.jpg
| static_image_caption = The hamlet from the west
| population =
| population_ref =
| community_wales = Clynnog
| unitary_wales = Gwynedd
| lieutenancy_wales =
| constituency_welsh_assembly = Dwyfor Meirionnydd
| constituency_westminster = Dwyfor Meirionnydd
| post_town = GARNDOLBENMAEN
| postcode_district = LL51
| postcode_area = LL
| dial_code = 01766
| os_grid_reference = SH471473
| cardiff_distance =
}}
{{langnf|cy|Pant Glas|green hollow|italic=no|paren=left}}; as in other Celtic languages, "glas" may mean both 'green' and 'blue') is a hamlet on the A487 road in Gwynedd, Wales, in the community of Clynnog. Historically in Caernarfonshire, it is located approximately {{convert|10|mi|km}} south of Caernarfon, {{convert|9|mi|km}} north-west of Porthmadog, and {{convert|10|mi|km}} north-east of Pwllheli. Nearby is the former Pant Glas railway station on the closed Carnarvonshire Railway. The station closed in January 1957. The railway closed in 1964 and has since been replaced with the Lôn Eifion cycle track. Also nearby is the Arfon transmitting station, the tallest structure in Wales.
Welsh opera singer Sir Bryn Terfel was brought up at Fferm Nant Cyll Ucha, located just outside the hamlet.{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northwest/halloffame/arts/brynterfel.shtml |title=Bryn Terfel; One of the world's most renowned opera stars. |access-date=13 August 2009 |work=BBC - North West Wales Arts |publisher=BBC |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090806202257/http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/northwest/halloffame/arts/brynterfel.shtml |archive-date=6 August 2009 }}
In February 2005, the speed limit for the A487 in Pant Glas was reduced from {{convert|50|mph|abbr=on}} to {{convert|40|mph|abbr=on}}.{{cite web |url=http://cymru.gov.uk/legislation/subordinate/localstat/permtraff/lsiperm2005/01.02.2005A487?skip=1&lang=en |title=The A487 Trunk Road (Pant Glas, Gwynedd) (40 MPH Speed Limit) Order 2005. |access-date=13 August 2009 |publisher=Welsh Assembly Government |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716084420/http://cymru.gov.uk/legislation/subordinate/localstat/permtraff/lsiperm2005/01.02.2005A487?skip=1&lang=en |archive-date=16 July 2011 }}
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