Foel Dinas Explained

Foel Dinas
Elevation M:472.2
Elevation Ref:[1]
Translation:City mountain
Language:Welsh
Location:Snowdonia, Wales
Range:Cadair Idris
Coordinates:52.7141°N -3.715°W
Grid Ref Uk:SH 8424 1431
Topo:OS Explorer OL23

Foel Dinas is a mountain in Wales. It is the north-westernmost peak of the Dyfi Hills and sits above the town of Dinas Mawddwy.

In the 1870s its eastern and northern slopes were planted with trees by Sir Edmund Buckley, the lord of the manor of Mawddwy.[2] On the northern flank is Llyn Foel Dinas, a lake which was dammed to form a reservoir, providing the water supply to Buckley's manor house in Dinas Mawddwy. The southern shoulder of the mountain was the location of Minllyn quarry from the 1790s to 1925.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FOEL DINAS, GWYNEDD (SY20 9LX) . 9 September 2019 . Ordnance Survey.
  2. Book: Bye-gones. 1893.
  3. The Mysteries of Cae Abaty: Part One: Historical Overview . Dan . Quine . Dan Quine . Archive: The Quarterly Journal of British Industrial and Transport History . 113 . 3–12 . April 2022.