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.)

Moel-yr-hydd
Moel-yr-hydd from Moelwyn Mawr
Highest point
Elevation648 m (2,126 ft)
Prominence82 m (269 ft)
Parent peakMoelwyn Mawr Edit this on Wikidata
ListingHewitt, Nuttall
Coordinates52°59′22″N 3°58′47″W / 52.98943°N 3.97984°W / 52.98943; -3.97984
Naming
English translationhill of the stag
Language of nameWelsh
PronunciationWelsh: [ˈmɔil ɐɾ ˈhɨːð]
Geography
Moel-yr-hydd is located in Gwynedd
Moel-yr-hydd
Moel-yr-hydd
Parent rangeSnowdonia
OS gridSH672454
Topo mapOS Landranger 115

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

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