Summit Register

Hewitt · Gwynedd, Wales

Arenig Fawr

854 m

2,802 ftDrop 480 mSH 827 369

Finder: 31 Hewitts in Gwynedd

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmArenig Fawr854Moel Llyfnant750.1Arenig Fach688.8Carnedd y Filiast669Rhobell Fawr734
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmArenig Fawr854Moel Llyfnant750.1Arenig Fach688.8
Looking north, 3513 km wide, heights ×98 (method).

Arenig Fawr is a Hewitt of 854 m in Gwynedd. In the database's Barmouth to Betws-y-Coed and Bala region it is the highest of 12 register hills, above Y Llethr and ten others.

The key col lies 22.3 km away to the north-west, at 374 m. It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Moel Llyfnant, reaches 750.1 m. Its nearest higher summit, Aran Benllyn (884.9 m, 13.3 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

Summit854 mKey col374 mdrop 480 msea level
Key col SH 665 522, 22.3 km north-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

854 m12th highest of 56 in Wales

Drop

480 m208th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

13.3 km106th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Moel Llyfnant2.6 km south-west
    750.1 m
  2. 2
    Arenig Fach4.7 km north
    688.8 m
  3. 3
    Carnedd y Filiast8.8 km north-east
    669 m
  4. 4
    Rhobell Fawr12.0 km south
    734 m
1234Moel LlyfnantArenig FachRhobell FawrN5 km

Lists

  • 36th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 32nd highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here
  • 316th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Aran Benllyn, 884.9 m, 13.3 km south
Region
30D: Barmouth to Betws-y-Coed and Bala
OS map
124, 125
Summit
Trig point
DoBIH no.
2053
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Arenig Fawr

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