Pen-y-bwlch

Pen-y-bwlch is a peak in , , and has an elevation of 863 feet. Pen-y-bwlch is situated nearby to the village , as well as near the hamlet .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tre’r Ceiri and Gyrn Ddu.

Archaeological site
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tre'r Ceiri is a hillfort dating back to the Iron Age. The name means "town of the giants", from cewri, plural of cawr, "giant". The settlement is 450 metres above sea level on the slopes of , a mountain on the north coast of the in , north-western Wales.

Peak
Photo: Nia.owain, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a hill near the northeastern corner of the in the community of in the county of in North . It forms the western half of a wider upland area, another significant top of which is the 510 m summit of to the east.

Peak
Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.
, sometimes called the Rivals in English, is a group of hills on the north coast of the in , . On a clear day, the views from the highest summit reach as far as the , the in and the , as well as the entire sweep of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Trefor and Clynnog Fawr.

Village
Photo: David Purchase, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a village on the northern coast of the , in , Wales. It had a population of 1,067 at the 2021 Census. is in the community of a Llanaelhaearn, and is nearby.

Village
Photo: Rhion, Public domain.
, often simply called Clynnog, is a village and community on the north coast of in , north-west . It is in the historic county of .

Hamlet
Photo: Tom Parnell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a Welsh Language and Heritage Centre, located near the village of on the northern coast of the , , in northwest .

Pen-y-bwlch

Latitude
52.9889° or 52° 59′ 20″ north
Longitude
-4.3946° or 4° 23′ 41″ west
Elevation
863 feet (263 metres)
Open location code
9C4QXJQ4+H5
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8739666166
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
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