Moel-yr-hydd

Moel-yr-hydd
Moel-yr-hydd
	Moel-yr-hydd from Moelwyn Mawr
Highest point
Elevation	648 m (2,126 ft)
Prominence	82 m (269 ft)
Listing	Hewitt, Nuttall
Naming
English translation	hill of the stag
Language of name	Welsh
Pronunciation	Welsh: [ˈmɔil ɐɾ ˈhɨːð]
Geography
Location	Gwynedd, Wales
Parent range	Snowdonia
OS grid	SH672454
Topo map	OS Landranger 115

Moel-yr-hydd is a subsidiary summit of Moelwyn Mawr in Snowdonia, North Wales and forms part of the Moelwynion. (Strictly the mountain is not actually in the Snowdonia National Park as it falls within the exclusion "hole" around the former slate town of Blaenau Ffestiniog.)

The mountain overlooks the village of Tanygrisiau and Tanygrisiau railway station (a halt on the Ffestiniog Railway) from where the mountain can easily be ascended.^[1]

From the 1830s until 1946, Wrysgan Quarry was worked on the north east flank of the mountain. Substantial underground chambers were driven beneath the summit.^[2]

References[]

^ Nuttall, John & Anne (1999). The Mountains of England & Wales - Volume 1: Wales (2nd edition ed.). Milnthorpe, Cumbria: Cicerone. ISBN 1-85284-304-7.
^ (Map). 1:2500. Ordnance Survey. 1889. {{cite map}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links[]

www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Moel-yr-hydd and surrounding area

Coordinates: 52°59′22″N 3°58′47″W / 52.98943°N 3.97984°W / 52.98943; -3.97984

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[1] Nuttall, John & Anne (1999). The Mountains of England & Wales - Volume 1: Wales (2nd edition ed.). Milnthorpe, Cumbria: Cicerone. ISBN 1-85284-304-7.

[OS1-2] (Map). 1:2500. Ordnance Survey. 1889. {{cite map}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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