Carnedd y Filiast

Carnedd y Filiast is a mountain near Cerrigydrudion on the border of the Snowdonia National Park, North Wales and is 669 metres high.

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Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,195 feet
Description: mountain (669m) in Gwynedd
Also known as: “Carnedd Filast” and “Filiast”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Waun Garnedd-y-filiast and Carnedd Llechwedd-llyfn.

Waun Garnedd-y-filiast

Peak

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Waun Garnedd-y-filiast is a top of Carnedd y Filiast on the border of the Snowdonia National park near Cerrigydrudion in North Wales. It is part of the Arenig mountain range.

Carnedd Llechwedd-llyfn

Peak

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Carnedd Llechwedd-llyfn is a subsidiary summit of Carnedd y Filiast on the border of Snowdonia National Park in Llandderfel, in Gwynedd. The northern slopes of the peak lie in Ysbyty Ifan, in Conwy.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Capel Celyn and Ysbyty Ifan.

Capel Celyn

Locality

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Capel Celyn was a rural community to the northwest of Bala in Merionethshire, Wales, in the Tryweryn valley. The village and other parts of the valley were flooded in the Tryweryn flooding of 1965 to create a reservoir, Llyn Celyn, in order to supply Liverpool and Wirral with water for industry.

Ysbyty Ifan

Village

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Ysbyty Ifan is a small, historic village and community in the Conwy County Borough of Wales. Throughout the Late Medieval Period, it was a settlement controlled by the Knights of St John.

Frongoch

Village

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Frongoch is a village located in Gwynedd, Wales. It lies close to the market town of Bala, on the A4212 road. It was the home of the Frongoch internment camp, used to hold German prisoners-of-war during First World War, and then Irish Republican prisoners from the 1916 Rising.