Summit Register

Hewitt · Gwynedd, Wales

Tarrenhendre

633.8 m

2,079 ftDrop 201.9 mSH 683 041

Finder: 31 Hewitts in Gwynedd

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmTarrenhendre633.8Tarren y Gesail666.9Cadair Idris – Penygadair892.7Maesglase678.5Y Garn629
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmTarrenhendre633.8Tarren y Gesail666.9Cadair Idris – Penygadair892.7
Looking north, 5526 km wide, heights ×1616 (method).

Tarrenhendre is a Hewitt of 633.8 m in Gwynedd. It is one of only four register hills in the Dolgellau to Machynlleth region, with Cadair Idris – Penygadair, Maesglase and Tarren y Gesail.

All four of its nearest neighbours lie to the north, so it stands at the southern edge of its group. On the Hewitts height ladder it sits between Bencullagh (634 m) and Starling Dodd (633 m).

To scale

Summit633.8 mKey col431.9 msea level
Key col SH 7038 0462, 2.1 km east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

633.8 m48th highest of 56 in Wales

Drop

201.9 m670th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

3.2 km537th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Tarren y Gesail3.2 km north-east
    666.9 m
  2. 2892.7 m
  3. 3
    Maesglase17.2 km north-east
    678.5 m
  4. 4
    Y Garn19.0 km north
    629 m
1234Cadair IdrisMaesglaseY GarnN10 km

Lists

  • 255th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 177th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here
  • 803rd highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Tarren y Gesail, 666.9 m, 3.2 km north-east
Region
30F: Dolgellau to Machynlleth
OS map
135
DoBIH no.
2151
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Tarrenhendre

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