Summit Register

Hewitt · Gwynedd, Wales

Rhinog Fawr

721 m

2,365 ftDrop 367 mSH 657 290

Finder: 31 Hewitts in Gwynedd

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmRhinog Fawr721Rhinog Fach711.6Y Llethr755.1Moel Ysgyfarnogod623Y Garn629
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmRhinog Fawr721Rhinog Fach711.6Y Llethr755.1
Looking north, 229 km wide, heights ×87 (method).

Rhinog Fawr is a Hewitt of 721 m in Gwynedd. It shares its height of 721 m with Ben Stack, Ben Cleuch and Slieve Carr.

On the Hewitts height ladder it sits between Slieve Carr (721 m) and Slievenamon (720.2 m).

To scale

Summit721 mKey col353.9 mdrop 367 msea level
Key col SH 6650 2817, 1.2 km south-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

721 m30th highest of 56 in Wales

Drop

367 m327th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

3.3 km525th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Rhinog Fach2.1 km south-east
    711.6 m
  2. 2
    Y Llethr3.3 km south
    755.1 m
  3. 3
    Moel Ysgyfarnogod5.6 km north
    623 m
  4. 4
    Y Garn7.5 km south-east
    629 m
1234Rhinog FachY LlethrY GarnN5 km

Lists

  • 137th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 107th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here
  • 581st highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Y Llethr, 755.1 m, 3.3 km south
Region
30D: Barmouth to Betws-y-Coed and Bala
OS map
124
Summit
Rock 8m W of cairn
DoBIH no.
2060
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Rhinog Fawr

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