Gau Graig Explained

Gau Graig
Elevation M:684
Prominence M:25
Parent Peak:Cadair Idris
Listing:Deleted Hewitt, Nuttall
Language:Welsh
Location:Gwynedd, Wales
Range:Cadair Idris
Grid Ref Uk:SH744141
Topo:OS Landranger 124, Explorer OL23
Easiest Route:Hike

Gau Graig is a subsidiary summit of Cadair Idris in the Snowdonia National Park, in Gwynedd, northwest Wales. It lies to the east of Mynydd Moel on a broad grassy plateau. It marks the eastern end of the Cadair Idris ridge.

The summit is marked by a cairn. To the north are Y Garn and Diffwys, to the west Rhobell Fawr and Aran Fawddwy and to the south are Waun-oer and Cribin Fawr.[1]

External links

52.6994°N -3.907°W

Notes and References

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