Moel Caerau
Moel Caerau is a peak in Buan, Gwynedd, Wales and has an elevation of 679 feet. Moel Caerau is situated nearby to the hamlet Garnfadryn, as well as near Dinas.Places of Interest
Highlights include Llŷn and Carn Fadryn.
Llŷn
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Llŷn is an area in the county of Gwynedd, North Wales. It is, broadly speaking, the peninsula sticking out westwards beyond Snowdonia. Its beaches and headlands rival those of the better known Pembrokeshire Coast National Park in south-west Wales.
Carn Fadryn
Peak
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Carn Fadryn, sometimes Carn Fadrun or Garn Fadryn, is a five-hectare Iron Age hillfort and is the name of the mountain on which the fort is situated. It lies in the centre of the Llŷn Peninsula, Gwynedd, and overlooks the village of Garnfadryn, Wales.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rhydyclafdy and Boduan.
Rhydyclafdy
Village
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Rhydyclafdy is a small village close to the southern coast of the Llŷn Peninsula in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. It lies 2.8 miles to the west of Pwllheli and 19.65 miles south west of Caernarfon.
Boduan
Hamlet
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Boduan is a village in Gwynedd, Wales, about 4 miles from Pwllheli. It is in the historic county of Caernarfonshire. It was due to host the National Eisteddfod in 2021 but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, instead it hosted the 2023 edition. Garn Boduan, a hillfort built soon after Roman occupation, is located in the village.
Edern
Hamlet
Photo: Alan Fryer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Edern, formerly known as Edeyrn, is a village and until 1939 a civil parish, in the Welsh county of Gwynedd. It is about 1 km southwest of the larger village of Morfa Nefyn, near Caernarfon Bay on the north coast of the Llŷn Peninsula, on the B4417 road.
Moel Caerau
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 679 feet
- Category: landform
- Location: Buan, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.88972° or 52° 53′ 23″ northLongitude
-4.54003° or 4° 32′ 24″ westElevation
679 feet (207 metres)Open location code
9C4QVFQ5+VXOpenStreetMap ID
node 3528168568OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
12619808
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