| Manod Mawr North Top | |
|---|---|
 Manod Mawr North Top from Manod Mawr | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 658 m (2,159 ft) |
| Prominence | 65 m (213 ft) |
| Listing | Hewitt, Nuttall |
| Naming | |
| English translation | great snowdrift |
| Language of name | Welsh |
| Pronunciation | Welsh: [ˈmanɔd ˈmauɾ] |
| Geography | |
| Location | Gwynedd, Wales |
| Parent range | Moelwynion |
| Topo map | OS Landranger 124 |
Manod Mawr North Top is a mountain in North Wales and forms part of the Moelwynion.
A mountain is a large landform that rises above the surrounding land in a limited area, usually in the form of a peak. A mountain is generally steeper than a hill. Mountains are formed through tectonic forces or volcanism. These forces can locally raise the surface of the earth. Mountains erode slowly through the action of rivers, weather conditions, and glaciers. A few mountains are isolated summits, but most occur in huge mountain ranges.
North Wales is an unofficial region of Wales. Retail, transport and educational infrastructure are centred on Wrexham, Rhyl, Colwyn Bay, Llandudno and Bangor. It is bordered to the rest of Wales with the counties of Ceredigion and Powys, and to the east by the English counties of Shropshire, Merseyside, and Cheshire. People from North Wales are sometimes referred to as "Gogs", derived from "gogledd" - the Welsh for "north".
The Moelwynion are a group of mountains in central Snowdonia. They extend from the north-east of Porthmadog to Moel Siabod, the highest of the group. The name derives from the names of the two largest mountains in the group, Moelwyn Mawr and Moelwyn Bach.
It lies directly to the north of its parent Manod Mawr, separated by the Graig Ddu Quarry. Crossing the quarry to reach the main summit can be dangerous. There are also a few mine adits on the northern slopes. [1] There were fears that the top may eventually be removed.
Manod Mawr is a mountain in North Wales and forms part of the Moelwynion. Although known as a mountain in the eastern Moelwyns, it and its sister peaks are sometimes known as the Ffestiniog hills.
Graig Ddu Quarry is a disused slate quarry in North Wales, originally opened as Manod Quarry in about 1800, but developed as Graig Ddu in the 1840s. Although output was only about 3,000 tons a year, it reputedly has 36 saw tables and the same number of dressing machines on site. As with others in the area, the quarry suffered from a lack of water, resulting in the siting of the mill some distance away, at a lower level.
