Moel y Gamelin

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Moel y Gamelin
Denbighshire
Summit cairn, Moel y Gamelin - geograph.org.uk - 206767.jpg
The cairn atop Moel y Gamelin, with
Moel y Gaer and Moel Morfydd in the background
Range: Clwydian Hills
Summit: 1,893 ft SJ176465
53°-0’35"N, 3°13’44"W

Moel y Gamelin is a hill in Denbighshire, to the north-west of the town of Llangollen. It is the highest summit of a range which stretches eastwards from near the village of Carrog to the Horseshoe Pass traversed by the A542 road, and reaches an elevation of 1,893 ft above sea level. The western part of the range is known as Llantysilio Mountain whilst the eastern end is referred to as Maesyrchen Mountain.[1] At its top is a round cairn, of unknown date, measuring about 100 ft in diameter and six feet high.[2] It is in the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

References

  1. Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 scale Explorer map sheet no 256 Wrexham/Wrecsam & Llangollen
  2. J. Wiles (21 October 2002). "Moel y Gamelin, Cairn". Coflein. Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales. http://www.coflein.gov.uk/en/site/306819/details/MOEL+Y+GAMELIN,+CAIRN/. Retrieved 4 January 2010. 


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