Erw y Ddafad-ddu explained

Erw y Ddafad-ddu
Elevation M:872
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence M:37
Parent Peak:Aran Fawddwy
Listing:Hewitt, Nuttall
Language:Welsh
Location:Gwynedd, Wales
Range:Snowdonia
Grid Ref Uk:SH 86477 23385
Topo:OS Landranger 124

Erw y Ddafad-ddu is a subsidiary summit of Aran Fawddwy in southern Snowdonia, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom. It is the third highest peak in the Aran mountain range.

It is lies at the centre of the main Aran ridge, situated between Aran Fawddwy to the south and Aran Benllyn to the north. Its east ridge leads off to the summit of Foel Hafod-fynydd. The summit is rocky and is marked by a small cairn.[2]

External links

52.7961°N -3.685°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mountaineering & Rock Climbing in the UK: Erw y Ddafad-ddu . 2008-04-08 . Crocker . Chris . Jackson . Graham . Database of British Hills . Mountain Days.net . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110719132454/http://www.mountaindays.net/mountains/peak.php?defn=0&area=5&peak=2083 . 2011-07-19 .
  2. Nuttall, John & Anne (1999). The Mountains of England & Wales - Volume 1: Wales (2nd edition ed.). Milnthorpe, Cumbria: Cicerone. .