Complex sentence: Pennal is a village on the A493 road in southern Gwynedd, (in the former county of Merionethshire/Sir Feirionnydd), north Wales, on the north bank of the Afon Dyfi/River Dovey, near Machynlleth.
Split into simpler sentences: Pennal is a village in Gwynedd, north Wales, on the A493 road, on the north bank of the Afon Dyfi or River Dovey. It lies in southern Gwynedd (in the former county of Merionethshire/Sir Feirionnydd), near Machynlleth.