Gyrn Ddu
Gyrn Ddu is a hill near the northeastern corner of the Llŷn Peninsula in the community of Llanaelhaearn in the county of Gwynedd in North Wales. It forms the western half of a wider upland area, another significant top of which is the 510 m summit of Bwlch Mawr to the east.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Nia.owain, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Aelhaearn’s Church and Tre’r Ceiri.
Tre’r Ceiri
Archaeological site
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tre'r Ceiri is a hillfort dating back to the Iron Age. The name means "town of the giants", from cewri, plural of cawr, "giant". The settlement is 450 metres above sea level on the slopes of Yr Eifl, a mountain on the north coast of the Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd, north-western Wales.
Bwlch Mawr
Peak
Photo: Eric Jones, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bwlch Mawr is a hill near the northeastern corner of the Llŷn Peninsula in the community of Clynnog in the county of Gwynedd in North Wales. Its name is an odd one for a hill, as it means "big pass" in English.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Trefor and Clynnog Fawr.
Trefor
Village
Photo: David Purchase, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Trefor is a village on the northern coast of the Llŷn Peninsula, in Gwynedd, Wales. It had a population of 1,067 at the 2021 Census. Trefor is in the community of Trefor a Llanaelhaearn, and Llithfaen is nearby.
Clynnog Fawr
Village
Photo: Rhion, Public domain.
Clynnog Fawr, often simply called Clynnog, is a village and community on the north coast of Llŷn Peninsula in Gwynedd, north-west Wales. It is in the historic county of Caernarfonshire.
Aberdesach
Hamlet
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Aberdesach is a small village in a primarily Welsh speaking area of Gwynedd. It is in the historic county of Caernarfonshire. The village is situated approximately 1.5 miles south of the neighbouring village of Pontllyfni and 6 miles south of the county town of Caernarfon.
Gyrn Ddu
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,713 feet
- Description: hill (522.1m) in Gwynedd
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Llanaelhaearn, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.99441° or 52° 59′ 40″ northLongitude
-4.38359° or 4° 23′ 1″ westElevation
1,713 feet (522 metres)Open location code
9C4QXJV8+QHOpenStreetMap ID
node 1528106163OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Gyrn Ddu” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Gyrn Ddu”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل جيرن دو”
- Welsh: “Gyrn Ddu”
- Welsh: “Y Gurn Ddu”
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