Pen y Castell
Pen y Castell is a summit in the Carneddau mountains in north Wales. It tops the east ridge of Drum. The summit consists of rocky outcrops amid a small boggy plateau.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Simon Gwyn Roberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,047 feet
- Description: hill (623.5m) in Conwy County Borough, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Pen Y Castell”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Drum and Carnedd y Ddelw.
Drum
Peak
Photo: Ian Greig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Drum is a summit in the Carneddau mountains in northern Wales, 2 km north-east of Foel-fras. It is 771 m high. It is also known as Carnedd Penyborth-Goch.
Carnedd y Ddelw
Peak
Photo: Terry Hughes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carnedd y Ddelw is a summit in the Carneddau mountains in north Wales, north-east of Foel-fras. It a former Nuttall top of Drum, having been resurveyed.
Foel-fras
Peak
Photo: Ian Greig, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Foel-fras is a mountain in the Carneddau range, about 10 km east of Bethesda in North Wales. It lies on the border between the counties of Gwynedd and Conwy.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bwlch-y-Ddeufaen and Llanbedr-y-Cennin.
Bwlch-y-Ddeufaen
Locality
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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.
Llanbedr-y-Cennin
Village
Photo: Row17, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanbedr-y-Cennin is a small village in Conwy county borough, Wales, in the community of Caerhun. It lies in the foothills on the western side of the Conwy valley, in Wales.
Tal-y-bont
Village
Photo: Dot Potter, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Tal-y-Bont is a small village in Conwy County Borough, Wales and lies in the Conwy Valley, west of the River Conwy, on the B5106 road, 6 mi from the town of Conwy to the north, and six miles from Llanrwst to the south, and in the community of Caerhun.
Pen y Castell
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Caerhun, Conwy, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.20165° or 53° 12′ 6″ northLongitude
-3.91493° or 3° 54′ 54″ westElevation
2,047 feet (624 metres)Open location code
9C5R632P+M2OpenStreetMap ID
node 296376256OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Pen y Castell” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Pen y Castell”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل پين واى كاستيل”
- Welsh: “Pen y Castell”
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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 “Pen y Castell”. Photo: Simon Gwyn Roberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.