It was to turn her thoughts from the grief of her bereavement that she upon her husband's advice began to write her first novel, Mary Barton.
It lies at the foot of the Milltir Cerrig mountain pass on the B4391 road, which runs between Llan Ffestiniog and Llanfyllin (though the B4391 road number 'disappears' between the western end of Llyn Celyn and Bala).
The GWR stations were at Llan Ffestiniog (about 30 feet above and north-east of the F&BR station), Manod (probably on or near the Tyddyngwyn site) and Blaenau on the F&BR Duffws site.