Summit Register

Hewitt · Gwynedd, Wales

Y Llethr

755.1 m

2,477 ftDrop 560.4 mSH 661 257

Finder: 31 Hewitts in Gwynedd

sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmY Llethr755.1Rhinog Fach711.6Rhinog Fawr721Y Garn629Moel Ysgyfarnogod623
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmY Llethr755.1Rhinog Fach711.6Rhinog Fawr721
Looking north, 269 km wide, heights ×97 (method).

Y Llethr is a Hewitt of 755.1 m in Gwynedd. Its drop of 560.4 m is 74% of its height: the col linking it to higher ground is only 194.7 m above sea level.

It overtops all four of its nearest neighbours; the tallest of them, Rhinog Fawr, reaches 721 m. On the Hewitts height ladder it sits between Red Pike (Buttermere) (755.3 m) and Knockanaffrin (755 m). Its nearest higher summit, Cyfrwy (811.6 m, 13.1 km south), is a listed top not profiled here. The highest point is recorded as ground near slight bend in wall, not a cairn.

To scale

Summit755.1 mKey col194.7 mdrop 560.4 msea level
Key col SH 7006 3456, 9.7 km north-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

755.1 m21st highest of 56 in Wales

Drop

560.4 m143rd of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

13.1 km108th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Rhinog Fach1.3 km north
    711.6 m
  2. 2
    Rhinog Fawr3.3 km north
    721 m
  3. 3
    Y Garn5.0 km south-east
    629 m
  4. 4
    Moel Ysgyfarnogod8.8 km north
    623 m
1234Rhinog FachRhinog FawrY GarnN5 km

Lists

  • 105th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 83rd highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here
  • 502nd highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Cyfrwy, 811.6 m, 13.1 km south
Region
30D: Barmouth to Betws-y-Coed and Bala
OS map
124
Summit
Ground near slight bend in wall
DoBIH no.
2056
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Y Llethr

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