Castell y Gwynt

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Castell y Gwynt
Caernarfonshire

Castell y Gwynt (middle-ground) from Glyder Fach
Range: Snowdonia
Summit: 3,041 feet SH656583

Castell y Gwynt is a mountain in Snowdonia, in Caernarfonshire, often classified not as a mountain in itself but as a top belonging to Glyder Fach. Castell y Gwynt rises to 3,041 feet.

The name "Castell y Gwint" is Welsh, and means "Castle of the Wind".

The top is included in the "Nuttall" list, but with its relative prominence measured at just 51.5 feet, it is not usually classified as an independent hill (and was only included on the Nuttalls list after re-surveying in 2007).

The top of Castell y Gwint is a spiky, rocky outcrop[1] which gives it some fame as a feature perhaps more than as a summit in itself.

Trivia

Castell y Gwynt and the Cantilever Stone on Glyder Fach were used in Walt Disney's film The Dragonslayer.[2]

References

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

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