Summit Register

Hewitt · Gwynedd, Wales

Esgeiriau Gwynion

669.9 m

Foel Rhudd

2,198 ftDrop 170 mSH 889 236

Finder: 31 Hewitts in Gwynedd

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmEsgeiriau Gwynion669.9Aran Fawddwy905.6Glasgwm779.5Foel Cedig667.5Rhobell Fawr734
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmEsgeiriau Gwynion669.9Aran Fawddwy905.6Glasgwm779.5
Looking north, 3019 km wide, heights ×911 (method).

Esgeiriau Gwynion is a Hewitt of 669.9 m in Gwynedd. It sits below Aran Fawddwy, only 2.9 km to the south-west and 235.7 m higher.

On the Hewitts height ladder it sits between Lavagh More (670 m) and Slievemore (669 m). Its nearest higher summit, Foel Hafod-fynydd (689 m, 1.5 km south-west), is a listed top not profiled here. Its other name is Foel Rhudd. It falls on two OS 1:50,000 sheets, 124 and 125.

To scale

Summit669.9 mKey col499.8 msea level
Key col SH 8846 2298, 0.8 km south-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

669.9 m40th highest of 56 in Wales

Drop

170 m794th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

1.5 km926th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Aran Fawddwy2.9 km south-west
    905.6 m
  2. 2
    Glasgwm6.7 km south-west
    779.5 m
  3. 3
    Foel Cedig10.3 km north-east
    667.5 m
  4. 4
    Rhobell Fawr10.4 km west
    734 m
1234Aran FawddwyGlasgwmFoel CedigRhobell FawrN5 km

Lists

  • 200th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 150th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here
  • 713th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Foel Hafod-fynydd, 689 m, 1.5 km south-west
Region
30E: Bala to Welshpool
OS map
124, 125
DoBIH no.
2104
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Esgeiriau Gwynion

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