Summit Register

Hewitt · Gwynedd, Wales

Moel Hebog

783.7 m

2,571 ftDrop 585.2 mSH 565 469

Finder: 31 Hewitts in Gwynedd

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmMoel Hebog783.7Trum y Ddysgl709.7Craig Cwm Silyn734Yr Aran747.2Mynydd Mawr697.5
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmMoel Hebog783.7Trum y Ddysgl709.7Craig Cwm Silyn734
Looking north, 2314 km wide, heights ×67 (method).

Moel Hebog is a Hewitt of 783.7 m in Gwynedd. Its drop of 585.2 m is 75% of its height: the col linking it to higher ground is only 198.5 m above sea level.

It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Yr Aran, reaches 747.2 m. All four of its nearest neighbours lie to the north, so it stands at the southern edge of its group. It shares its height of 783.7 m with Temple Hill. On the Hewitts height ladder it sits between Temple Hill (783.7 m) and Glaramara (782.7 m).

To scale

Summit783.7 mKey col198.5 mdrop 585.2 msea level
Key col SH 5751 5126, 4.5 km north of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

783.7 m17th highest of 56 in Wales

Drop

585.2 m128th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

8.6 km181st most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Trum y Ddysgl5.1 km north-west
    709.7 m
  2. 2
    Craig Cwm Silyn5.1 km north-west
    734 m
  3. 3
    Yr Aran6.0 km north-east
    747.2 m
  4. 4
    Mynydd Mawr8.1 km north
    697.5 m
1234Trum y DdysglCraig Cwm SilynYr AranMynydd MawrN5 km

Lists

  • 80th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 63rd highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here
  • 443rd highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Y Lliwedd, 897.9 m, 8.6 km north-east
Region
30B: Snowdonia
OS map
115
Summit
Elongated rock 10m NNE of cairn
DoBIH no.
1992
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Moel Hebog

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