Summit Register

Hewitt · Gwynedd, Wales

Moel Cynghorion

674.2 m

2,212 ftDrop 177 mSH 586 563

Finder: 31 Hewitts in Gwynedd

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmMoel Cynghorion674.2Snowdon – Yr Wyddfa1,085Moel Eilio726.2Y Lliwedd897.9Mynydd Mawr697.5
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmMoel Cynghorion674.2Snowdon – Yr Wyddfa1,085Moel Eilio726.2
Looking north, 149 km wide, heights ×35 (method).

Moel Cynghorion is a Hewitt of 674.2 m in Gwynedd. All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to Snowdon – Yr Wyddfa at 1,085 m.

It sits below Snowdon – Yr Wyddfa, only 3.1 km to the south-east and 410.8 m higher. Its nearest higher summit, Llechog (720 m, 2.0 km east), is a listed top not profiled here.

To scale

Summit674.2 mKey col497.2 msea level
Key col SH 5909 5573, 0.8 km south-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

674.2 m39th highest of 56 in Wales

Drop

177 m768th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

2.0 km784th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Snowdon – Yr Wyddfa3.1 km south-east
    1,085 m
  2. 2
    Moel Eilio3.3 km west
    726.2 m
  3. 3
    Y Lliwedd4.7 km south-east
    897.9 m
  4. 4
    Mynydd Mawr4.9 km west
    697.5 m
1234SnowdonMoel EilioY LliweddMynydd MawrN2 km

Lists

  • 191st highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 145th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here
  • 702nd highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Llechog, 720 m, 2.0 km east
Region
30B: Snowdonia
OS map
115
DoBIH no.
2015
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Moel Cynghorion

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