Foel Penolau
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Moel Ysgyfarnogod and Llyn Du.
Moel Ysgyfarnogod
Peak
Photo: Dewi, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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 Trawsfynydd.
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.
Trawsfynydd
Village
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Trawsfynydd is a linear village in Gwynedd, Wales, near Llyn Trawsfynydd reservoir, and adjacent to the A470 north of Bronaber and Dolgellau and 10 km south of Blaenau Ffestiniog.
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.
Foel Penolau
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,014 feet
- Description: mountain (614.4m) in Gwynedd
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Talsarnau, Gwynedd, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.89426° or 52° 53′ 39″ northLongitude
-3.99061° or 3° 59′ 26″ westElevation
2,014 feet (614 metres)Open location code
9C4RV2V5+PQOpenStreetMap ID
node 3487057377OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Foel Penolau” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Foel Penolau”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل فويل پينولاو”
- Irish: “Foel Penolau”
- Ladin: “Foel Penolau”
- Welsh: “Foel Penolau”
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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 “Foel Penolau”. Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.