Moel y Llyn
Mid Wales · Wales
68th highest of 125 in Mid Wales · 4.3 km from Ffwrnais
About Moel y Llyn
Moel y Llyn is a 521 m (1,709 ft) peak in Mid Wales, rising 105 m above the col that joins it to higher ground. It counts towards one hill list: Deweys.
Moel y Llyn is the 68th highest of the 125 summits Atlas lists in Mid Wales, and the joint 58th by prominence. The nearest village is Ffwrnais, 4.3 km to the north-west.
The summit carries an Ordnance Survey trig pillar: second-order pillar, 521 m (OS station SH62S019). Atlas collects the pillar separately from the summit.
The nearest other summit is Banc Bwlchygarreg West Top [Moel y Llyn East Top] (511 m), 0.6 km to the south-east.
Key facts
- Height
- 521 m 1,709 ft
- Prominence
- 105 m
- Region
- Mid Wales Wales
- Nearest summit
- Banc Bwlchygarreg West Top [Moel y Llyn East Top] 0.6 km SE · 511 m
- Height rank
- 68th of 125 Summits in Mid Wales
- Nearest village
- Ffwrnais 4.3 km NW
- Trig pillar
- Second-order pillar, 521 m OS station SH62S019
- Hill lists
- 1 Deweys
Plan a walk
- Lay-by near Llywernog - 4 km south-east of the summit, as the crow flies
- Dovey Junction station - 6.5 km north of the summit, as the crow flies
Nearest station and car park in a straight line, not a route. Places from OS Open Names, stations from NaPTAN, car parks © OpenStreetMap contributors. Credits.
- Grid reference
- SN 712 916
- Coordinates
- 52.50786, -3.89819
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On one hill list
- Deweys - Joint 317th of 425 by height. Hills in England, Wales and the Isle of Man between 500 m and 2,000 ft (609.6 m) with at least 30 m of drop on every side.
Around Moel y Llyn
- Banc Bwlchygarreg West Top [Moel y Llyn East Top] - 511 m · 0.6 km SE
- Banc Bwlchygarreg - 520 m · 1.7 km E
- Banc yr Wyn - 503 m · 3.3 km SE
- Pen Creigiau'r Llan - 507 m · 4 km NE
- Top Bank - Trig point · 4 km W
- Foel Grafiau - 528 m · 5.3 km E
- Foel Fras - 529 m · 5.4 km E
- Pen y Darren [Moel Hyddgen] - 529 m · 5.8 km NE
- Drosgol - 550 m · 6.1 km SE
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