Allt-fawr

Allt-fawr

Allt Fawr from the Rhosydd quarry
Elevation 698 m (2,290 ft)
Prominence c. 243 m (797 ft)
Parent peak Moelwyn Mawr
Listing Marilyn, Hewitt, Nuttall
Translation big slope (Welsh)
Pronunciation Welsh: [ˈaɬt ˈvaur]
Location
Location Gwynedd,  Wales
Range Snowdonia
Topo map OS Landranger 115
OS grid SH681474
Listed summits of Allt-fawr
Name Grid ref Height Status
Cnicht 689 m (2,260 ft) Hewitt, Nuttall
Moel Druman 676 m (2,218 ft) Hewitt, Nuttall
Ysgafell Wen 672 m (2,205 ft) Hewitt, Nuttall
Ysgafell Wen North Top 669 m (2,195 ft) Hewitt, Nuttall
Moel Meirch 609 m (1,998 ft) sub Hewitt

Allt-fawr is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales and forms part of the Moelwynion group.

It is on the internal border of Snowdonia National Park, and overlooks the town of Blaenau Ffestiniog, with its numerous slate quarries, as well as the Tanygrisiau reservoir and power station.[1]

References

  1. ^ Nuttall, John & Anne (1999). The Mountains of England & Wales - Volume 1: Wales (2nd edition ed.). Milnthorpe, Cumbria: Cicerone. ISBN 1-85284-304-7.

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