Summit Register

Hewitt · Gwynedd, Wales

Tarren y Gesail

666.9 m

2,188 ftDrop 465.4 mSH 710 058

Finder: 31 Hewitts in Gwynedd

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmTarren y Gesail666.9Tarrenhendre633.8Cadair Idris – Penygadair892.7Maesglase678.5Y Garn629
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmTarren y Gesail666.9Tarrenhendre633.8Cadair Idris – Penygadair892.7
Looking north, 5020 km wide, heights ×1412 (method).

Tarren y Gesail is a Hewitt of 666.9 m in Gwynedd. It is one of only four register hills in the Dolgellau to Machynlleth region, with Cadair Idris – Penygadair, Maesglase and Tarrenhendre.

On the Hewitts height ladder it sits between Muckish (667.1 m) and Knocknafallia (666.5 m). Its nearest higher summit, Mynydd Pencoed (766 m, 5.9 km north), is a listed top not profiled here.

To scale

Summit666.9 mKey col201.4 mdrop 465.4 msea level
Key col SH 7373 0937, 4.5 km north-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

666.9 m43rd highest of 56 in Wales

Drop

465.4 m223rd of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

5.9 km278th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Tarrenhendre3.2 km south-west
    633.8 m
  2. 2892.7 m
  3. 3
    Maesglase14.0 km north-east
    678.5 m
  4. 4
    Y Garn17.1 km north
    629 m
1234TarrenhendreCadair IdrisMaesglaseY GarnN5 km

Lists

  • 208th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 155th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here
  • 725th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Mynydd Pencoed, 766 m, 5.9 km north
Region
30F: Dolgellau to Machynlleth
OS map
124
DoBIH no.
2148
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Tarren y Gesail

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