Mynydd Llwydiarth

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Mynydd Llwydiarth
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Llwydiarth Hall on the southern slopes of Mynydd Llwydiarth
Highest point
Elevation 467 m (1,532 ft) [1]
Naming
Language of name Welsh
Geography
Location Gwynedd, UK
Parent range Snowdonia

Mynydd Llwydiarth is a mountain in southern Snowdonia, Wales. [2] It is a long ridge running from a low summit to the south of Mynydd Dolgoed, running south-west to Mynydd Cymerau. Nant Llwydiarth rises on the south flank of the mountain, and on the west slope the Ratgoed slate quarry operated until 1946. [3]

It is one of the Dyfi hills.

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References

  1. Merionethshire XXXVIII.SW (Map). Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
  2. Cylchgrawn Cymdeithas Hanes a Chofnodion Sir Feirionydd. The Society. 1957.
  3. Richards, Alun John (1994). Slate Quarrying at Corris. Carreg Gwalch. ISBN   978-0-86381-279-8.

Coordinates: 52°42′28″N3°46′56″W / 52.70769882°N 3.78222972°W / 52.70769882; -3.78222972