Castell y Gwynt

**Castell y Gwynt**
	Castell y Gwynt
Caernarfonshire
; Castell y Gwynt (middle-ground) from Glyder Fach
Summit:	3,041 feet SH656583 ; 53°6’18"N, 4°-0’33"W

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 Gwynt" is Welsh, and means "Castle of the Wind".

The top is included in the "Nuttall" list, but with its relative prominence measured at just 5½ 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 Gwynt 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

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

Outside links

("Wikimedia Commons" has material
about Fach Castell y Gwynt)

Geograph.co.uk photos of Glyder Fach

[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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Caernarfonshire
Castell y Gwynt
Castell y Gwynt (middle-ground) from Glyder Fach
Range:	Snowdonia

Summit:	3,041 feet SH656583 53°6’18"N, 4°-0’33"W

Castell y Gwynt

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