Summit Register

Hewitt · Conwy, Gwynedd, Wales

Foel Goch

611 m

2,005 ftDrop 274 mSH 953 422

Finder: 4 Hewitts in Conwy, Gwynedd

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmFoel Goch611Carnedd y Filiast669Arenig Fach688.8Arenig Fawr854Foel Cedig667.5
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmFoel Goch611Carnedd y Filiast669Arenig Fach688.8
Looking north, 4137 km wide, heights ×1223 (method).

Foel Goch is a Hewitt of 611 m in Conwy, Gwynedd. It clears the 2,000 ft line (609.6 m) by only 1.4 m.

Its closest neighbour in this register, Carnedd y Filiast, is 8.6 km away. All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to Arenig Fawr at 854 m. It shares its height of 611 m with Creag Dhubh Mhor and Pen y Garn. It is the lowest of the 12 register hills in the Barmouth to Betws-y-Coed and Bala region, where Arenig Fawr is highest. On the Hewitts height ladder it sits between Pen y Garn (611 m) and Birks Fell (610.4 m). Its nearest higher summit, Waun Garnedd-y-Filiast (650.9 m, 8.5 km west), is a listed top not profiled here. The summit is marked by a trig point.

To scale

Summit611 mKey col337 mdrop 274 msea level
Key col SH 917 439, 4.0 km north-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

611 m52nd highest of 56 in Wales

Drop

274 m476th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

8.5 km185th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Carnedd y Filiast8.6 km west
    669 m
  2. 2
    Arenig Fach13.3 km west
    688.8 m
  3. 3
    Arenig Fawr13.7 km south-west
    854 m
  4. 4
    Foel Cedig14.2 km south
    667.5 m
1234Arenig FawrFoel CedigN5 km

Lists

  • 271st highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 189th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here
  • 846th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Waun Garnedd-y-Filiast, 650.9 m, 8.5 km west
Region
30D: Barmouth to Betws-y-Coed and Bala
OS map
125
Summit
Ground 1m N of trig point
DoBIH no.
2079
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Foel Goch

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