Moel-yr-hydd explained

Moel-yr-hydd
Elevation M:648
Prominence M:82
Range:Snowdonia
Listing:Hewitt, Nuttall
Translation:hill of the stag
Language:Welsh
Pronunciation:in Welsh ˈmɔil ɐɾ ˈhɨːð/
Location:Gwynedd, Wales
Map:Wales Gwynedd
Coordinates:52.9894°N -3.9798°W
Grid Ref Uk:SH672454
Topo:OS Landranger 115
Fetchwikidata:ALL

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Nuttall, John & Anne (1999). The Mountains of England & Wales - Volume 1: Wales (2nd edition ed.). Milnthorpe, Cumbria: Cicerone. .
  2. Ordnance Survey . 1889 . 1:2500.