Moel Ysgyfarnogod
Moel Ysgyfarnogod is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales and is the northernmost of the Rhinogydd. Rhinog Fawr lies directly south. It overlooks Llyn Trawsfynydd, and from the summit it is possible to see the towns of Porthmadog and Blaenau Ffestiniog.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Dewi, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Foel Penolau and Llyn Du.
Foel Penolau
Peak
Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.
Foel Penolau is a mountain close to Moel Ysgyfarnogod in Snowdonia, North Wales and is the northernmost summit of the Rhinogydd, and overlooks Llyn Trawsfynydd.
Bryn Cader Faner
Archaeological site
The Bryn Cader Faner is a Bronze Age round cairn which lies to the east of the small hamlet of Talsarnau in the Ardudwy area of Gwynedd in Wales. The diameter is 8.7 metres and there are 18 thin jagged pillars which jut upwards from the low cairn.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llandecwyn and Soar.
Llandecwyn
Hamlet
Photo: gwyn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llandecwyn is a hamlet near Penrhyndeudraeth in Gwynedd, Wales. The bulk of the population is now located around Cilfor close to the A496 road and served by Llandecwyn railway station, with a cluster of under ten houses around the road junction at Capel Brontecwyn half a mile up the hill to the southeast, and other isolated houses and farms scattered across the hillsides.
Soar
Village
Photo: Arthur C Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Soar is a small village or hamlet in Gwynedd, Wales. It is located about 4 miles northeast of Harlech, close to Talsarnau and Llandecwyn. It has no school; children in the hamlet go to school in Talsarnau.
Eisingrug
Hamlet
Photo: Nigel Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eisingrug is a rural hamlet near Harlech, Gwynedd, Wales. It is located to the southeast of Porthmadog. Formerly at the edge of the parish of Llandecwyn, the hamlet was served by the church of Saint Tecwyn in the hills above Llandecwyn, and a Wesleyan Methodist chapel at the other end of the Bryn Bwbach to Esingrug road.
Moel Ysgyfarnogod
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,044 feet
- Description: mountain (623m) in Gwynedd
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Talsarnau, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.89201° or 52° 53′ 31″ northLongitude
-3.99562° or 3° 59′ 44″ westElevation
2,044 feet (623 metres)Open location code
9C4RV2R3+RQOpenStreetMap ID
node 29761888OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Moel Ysgyfarnogod” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Moel Ysgyfarnogod”
- Irish: “Moel Ysgyfarnogod”
- Ladin: “Moel Ysgyfarnogod”
- Welsh: “Moel Ysgyfarnogod”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Moel Ysgyfarnogod South Top and Llyn Dywarchen Manganese Mine (disused).
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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 “Moel Ysgyfarnogod”. Photo: Dewi, CC BY-SA 2.0.