MR HUGH GRIFFITHS. PENYCAE, ABERDARON.
Police name cliff fall victim.
Police have named the man whose body was recovered from a ledge below the coastguard station at Aberdaron on the Llyn Peninsula on Thursday.He is Mr. Hugh Griffiths, 36, of Aberdaron, a seaman, and married with a one year old daughter.
Mr Griffiths, described by neighbours as a popular member of the local community, had been missing for over 24 hours.
His body was found on the ledge about 20 feet above the sea at Braich-y-pwll after a coastguard officer saw hi blue anorak lying part of the way down a steep 500 foot cliff adjecent to the coastguard station.
There was no trace of his car, but skidmarks on the cliff indicated it had plunged into the sea below.
Auxilliary coastguard Eddie Roberts, who made the discovery, said broken glass, a quantity of tools and other items, obviously from Mr. Griffiths car, had also been found on the ground halfway down the cliff.
He added: "We can only assume that Mr. Griffiths had been thrown out of the car bounced down the cliff, which is very steep and rocky, rolled down the cliff face and eventually came to rest wedged between rocks on the ledge some 20 feet above the sea."