Mynydd y Cwm

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Mynydd y Cwm
Summit Memorial Mynydd Cwm 2.jpg
Cairn and memorial at wooded summit
Highest point
Elevation 304.8 metres (1,000 ft)
Prominence 150 metres (492 ft)
Listing Marilyn
Coordinates 53°16′47″N3°23′33″W / 53.279584°N 3.392512°W / 53.279584; -3.392512
Geography
Location Denbighshire, Wales
Parent range Clwydian Range
OS grid SJ072767

Mynydd y Cwm is a hill in the Clwydian Range in Denbighshire, North Wales. [1] It reaches a height of 304.8 metres (1,000 feet). It has recently[ when? ] been promoted to Marilyn status having a prominence of 150 metres.

At the summit there is a memorial to the crew of a Handley Page Halifax that crashed on the hill in 1947. [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. "Mynydd y Cwm". hill-bagging.co.uk. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  2. "National Archives - Accident to Halifax VIII aircraft G-AIHU; Cwm Mountain, North Wales, 5 Dec 1947".
  3. "Aviation Safety Network Occurrence # 18825".
  4. "Peak District Air Accident Research - Handley Page Halifax C. Mk.8 G-AIHU of the Lancashire Aircraft Corporation crashed on the summit of Cwm Mountain near St Asaph".
Mynydd y Cwm from the River Clwyd Mynydd y cwm 2.jpg
Mynydd y Cwm from the River Clwyd