Tal y Fan

Tal y Fan is an outlying peak of the Carneddau mountains in North Wales. It is one of the four Marilyns that make up the Carneddau, the others being Carnedd Llywelyn, Pen Llithrig y Wrach and Creigiau Gleision.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Cae Coch standing stone and Maen Penddu.

Cae Coch standing stone

Archaeological site

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Cae Coch standing stone is an archaeological site.

Maen Penddu

Stone

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Maen Penddu is a stone.

Cerrig Pryfaid

Historic site

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Cerrig Pryfaid is a historic site.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bwlch-y-Ddeufaen and Rowen.

Bwlch-y-Ddeufaen

Locality

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Bwlch-y-Ddeufaen is a mountain pass in Conwy county borough, north Wales, traversable only on foot or horseback, following the former Roman road from Caerhun to Caernarfon.

Rowen

Village

Photo: Jonathan Wilkins, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Rowen is a village on the western slopes of the Conwy valley in the parish of Caerhun, within now Conwy County Borough, Wales, and historically in Caernarfonshire.

Penmaenmawr

Town

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Penmaenmawr is a town and community in Conwy County Borough, Wales, which was formerly in the parish of Dwygyfylchi and the traditional county of Caernarfonshire.

Tal y Fan

Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,001 feet
Description: mountain (610m) in Conwy County Borough
Categories: mountain and landform
Location: Caerhun, Conwy, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

53.23567° or 53° 14′ 8″ north

Longitude

-3.90525° or 3° 54′ 19″ west

Elevation

2,001 feet (610 metres)

Open location code

9C5R63PV+7W

OpenStreetMap ID

node 8746816844

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

12608040

Wikidata ID

Q7678728

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Welsh—“Tal y Fan” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Tal y Fan”
Egyptian Arabic: “جبل تال واى فان”
Irish: “Tal y Fan”
Ladin: “Tal y Fan”
Welsh: “Tal y Fan”
Welsh: “Tal-y-fan”
Welsh: “Tal-y-Fan”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Foel Lwyd and Tal-y-fan Quarry.

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