Garnedd Ugain

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Garnedd Ugain

Garnedd Ugain (right) and Snowdon (left)
Elevation 1,065 m (3,494 ft)
Location Gwynedd, Flag of Wales Wales
Range Snowdonia
Prominence 72 m
OS grid reference SH610551
Listing Hewitt, Welsh 3000s, Nuttall
Translation Cairn 20 (Welsh)
Pronunciation ['gaɾnɛð 'ɪgɑin]

Garnedd Ugain, also known as Crib y Ddysgl, is a mountain in Wales that forms part of the Snowdon Horseshoe. It is the second highest peak in Wales, and lies just over one kilometre north of Snowdon itself.

Both Garnedd Ugain and Crib y Ddysgl appear on the Ordnance Survey's maps of the area. The name Crib Y Ddysgl refers to the east ridge [1] whilst the summit is Garnedd or Carnedd Ugain.

Crib y Ddysgl (meaning "ridge of the dish" in Welsh) is the name used by Alan Dawson for the peak's listing as a Hewitt.

Carnedd Ugain in Welsh means "Cairn Twenty" (the form Garnedd is the result of soft mutation). This was named after the Roman legion based in Caernarfon.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Steve Ashton (1992). Scrambles in Snowdonia. Cicerone Press. ISBN 1-85284-088-9. 


Welsh 3000s

Snowdon Massif: Snowdon (Yr Wyddfa) | Garnedd Ugain | Crib Goch

Glyderau: Elidir Fawr | Y Garn | Glyder Fawr | Glyder Fach | Tryfan

Carneddau: Pen yr Ole Wen | Carnedd Dafydd | Carnedd Llewelyn | Yr Elen | Foel Grach | Garnedd Uchaf | Foel-fras