Summit Register

Hewitt · Gwynedd, Wales

Arenig Fach

688.8 m

2,260 ftDrop 297.6 mSH 820 415

Finder: 31 Hewitts in Gwynedd

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmArenig Fach688.8Arenig Fawr854Carnedd y Filiast669Moel Llyfnant750.1Manod Mawr661
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmArenig Fach688.8Arenig Fawr854Carnedd y Filiast669
Looking north, 2917 km wide, heights ×810 (method).

Arenig Fach is a Hewitt of 688.8 m in Gwynedd. It sits below Arenig Fawr, only 4.7 km to the south and 165.2 m higher.

Its nearest higher summit, Moel Llechwedd (817 m, 4.4 km south), is a listed top not profiled here. The summit is marked by a trig point. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 124 and 125.

To scale

Summit688.8 mKey col391.2 mdrop 297.6 msea level
Key col SH 7863 3872, 4.4 km south-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

688.8 m36th highest of 56 in Wales

Drop

297.6 m439th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

4.4 km388th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Arenig Fawr4.7 km south
    854 m
  2. 2
    Carnedd y Filiast5.9 km north-east
    669 m
  3. 3
    Moel Llyfnant6.5 km south
    750.1 m
  4. 4
    Manod Mawr10.0 km west
    661 m
1234Arenig FawrMoel LlyfnantManod MawrN5 km

Lists

  • 176th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 136th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here
  • 668th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Moel Llechwedd, 817 m, 4.4 km south
Region
30D: Barmouth to Betws-y-Coed and Bala
OS map
124, 125
Summit
Boulder 5m SW of trig point
DoBIH no.
2063
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Arenig Fach

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). What prominence (drop) means, with real figures