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Moel y Cerrig Duon

Coordinates: 52°48′15″N 3°35′55″W / 52.80417°N 3.59861°W / 52.80417; -3.59861
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Moel y Cerrig Duon
Moel y Cerrig Duon from Foel y Geifr summit
Highest point
Elevation625 m (2,051 ft)
Prominence80 m (260 ft)
Parent peakEsgeiriau Gwynion
ListingHewitt, Nuttall
Naming
English translationbare hill of the black rocks
Language of nameWelsh
Geography
Map
LocationGwynedd, Wales
Parent rangeAran Fawddwy
OS gridSH 92336 24145
Topo mapOS Landranger 125

Moel y Cerrig Duon is a subsidiary summit of Esgeiriau Gwynion in Gwynedd in north Wales.

Moel y Cerrig Duon tops the eastern end of a long peat bog plateau along with Llechwedd Du. Its summit has a conical shape, rising suddenly from the bog. The summit itself is grassy, marked by a small cairn and a stake. To the north-east is Foel y Geifr, to the east Cyrniau Nod and to the west is Llechwedd Du, Esgeiriau Gwynion, and Aran Fawddwy.

Its otherwise unremarkable SW top Foel y Groes(582m) forms the watershed between the Dee, Severn and Dyfi catchments.

The Aran range continues south from Moel y Cerrig Duon forming a large area of high moorland to the west of Lake Vyrnwy, crowned by Mynydd Coch. To the north it continues to Foel y Geifr, the eastern outpost of the Aran Fawddwy range.[1]

References

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

52°48′15″N 3°35′55″W / 52.80417°N 3.59861°W / 52.80417; -3.59861