Tarren y Gesail
Tarren y Gesail is a mountain in Snowdonia, north Wales. It is one of the Marilyns of the Cadair Idris group. Lying to the south of Cadair Idris, it and its neighbour Tarrenhendre form the bulk of the Tarren subgroup.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: John Horner, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Bryn Eglwys quarry and Graig Goch.
Bryn Eglwys quarry
Quarry
Photo: Voice of Clam, Public domain.
Bryn Eglwys quarry was a slate quarry and mine near Abergynolwyn, in Merionethshire, Wales. More than 300 men worked at the site, making it the principal employer in the area.
Graig Goch
Peak
Photo: alan fairweather, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Graig Goch is a 586m high hill in the Gwynedd area in Wales and lying within Snowdonia National Park. The hill falls within the communities of Llanfihangel-y-Pennant and Corris, the summit being located in the former.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abergynolwyn and Pantperthog.
Abergynolwyn
Village
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Abergynolwyn is a village in southern Gwynedd, Wales, located at the confluence of the Nant Gwernol and the Afon Dysynni. The population of the community which is named after the village of Llanfihangel-y-Pennant was 339 at the 2011 census.
Pantperthog
Hamlet
Photo: Alzarian16, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pantperthog is a hamlet in southern Gwynedd in Wales, 2 miles north of Machynlleth and 14 miles southeast of Dolgellau. Nearby is the former Llwyngwern quarry, which is now the Centre for Alternative Technology.
Corris Uchaf
Village
Photo: John Firth, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Corris Uchaf, also known as Upper Corris, is a village in the south of Snowdonia National Park in Gwynedd, Wales. The slate quarries that surround Corris Uchaf are its most prominent feature. It lies about 1.5 miles north of Corris.
Tarren y Gesail
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,188 feet
- Description: mountain (667m) in Gwynedd
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.63546° or 52° 38′ 8″ northLongitude
-3.90693° or 3° 54′ 25″ westElevation
2,188 feet (667 metres)Open location code
9C4RJ3PV+56OpenStreetMap ID
node 691770168OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Tarren y Gesail” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Tarren y Gesail”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل تارين واى جيسايل”
- Irish: “Tarren y Gesail”
- Ladin: “Tarren y Gesail”
- Welsh: “Tarren y Gesail”
Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Darren Slate Quarry and Foel y Geifr.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tarren y Gesail”. Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.