Summit Register

Hewitt · Gwynedd, Wales

Yr Aran

747.2 m

2,451 ftDrop 238.4 mSH 604 515

Finder: 31 Hewitts in Gwynedd

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmYr Aran747.2Y Lliwedd897.9Snowdon – Yr Wyddfa1,085Moel Cynghorion674.2Trum y Ddysgl709.7
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height1 kmYr Aran747.2Y Lliwedd897.9Snowdon – Yr Wyddfa1,085
Looking north, 178 km wide, heights ×44 (method).

Yr Aran is a Hewitt of 747.2 m in Gwynedd. It sits below Y Lliwedd, only 2.6 km to the north-east and 150.7 m higher.

It shares its height of 747.2 m with Binnein Shuas. On the Hewitts height ladder it sits between Burnhope Seat (747.8 m) and Errigal (747 m).

To scale

Summit747.2 mKey col508.8 msea level
Key col SH 6052 5214, 0.7 km north of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

747.2 m24th highest of 56 in Wales

Drop

238.4 m566th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

2.6 km649th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Y Lliwedd2.6 km north-east
    897.9 m
  2. 21,085 m
  3. 3
    Moel Cynghorion5.2 km north
    674.2 m
  4. 4
    Trum y Ddysgl5.9 km west
    709.7 m
1234Y LliweddSnowdonMoel CynghorionN2 km

Lists

  • 112th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 88th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here
  • 516th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Y Lliwedd, 897.9 m, 2.6 km north-east
Region
30B: Snowdonia
OS map
115
Summit
Rock by cairn
DoBIH no.
1997
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Yr Aran

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