Llyn-y-Foel

Llyn-y-Foel

Llyn-y-Foel is a lake in Caernarfonshire, at the edge of Snowdonia. Its name means 'Lake of the Hill'. The is about 787 feet across, 394 feet wide and up to 7 feet deep. It lies at 1,755 feet altitude at the foot of the main ridge of Moel Siabod at SH714547.

The main outflow, at the south-east of the lake, forms one of the main tributaries of River Ystumiau, which eventually feeds into the River Lledr, which itslef runs down to the River Conwy.

The deep brown colour of the lake water, caused by the peat in the immediate area, gives rise to a unique type of brown trout which can only be found in this lake.

Although the lake bears the name Llyn y Foel, it does have another name - Llyn Llygad yr Ych, meaning 'Lake of the Ox's Eye'. A local story tells of an ox which lost an eye under the strain of pulling the dreadful afanc from Betws-y-Coed to Glaslyn below Snowdon.

Location

• Location: 53°4’23"N, 3°55’10"W