Listing sub Hewitt, Nuttall OS grid SH661348 Elevation 614 m Mountain range Rhinogydd Parent range Rhinogydd | Location Gwynedd, Wales Topo map OS Landranger 124 Prominence 26 m Parent peak Moel Ysgyfarnogod | |
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Translation bare hill with light top (Welsh) Similar Moel Ysgyfarnogod, Rhinog Fawr, Rhinog Fach, Diffwys, Y Llethr | ||
Foel Penolau is a top of Moel Ysgyfarnogod in Snowdonia, North Wales and is the northernmost summit of the Rhinogydd. It overlooks Llyn Trawsfynydd, and from the summit it is possible to see the towns of Porthmadog and Blaenau Ffestiniog.
Map of Foel Penolau, Talsarnau, UK
The top is reputed to be one of the most rocky defended summits in Snowdonia, where hands must be used to attain the summit. The summit is on a large smooth slab of rock which is the surface of the outcrop which the top is made up of.
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