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Moel Tryfan

Moel Tryfan

Mountain in Snowdonia, Wales

This article is about the mountain. For the locomotive, see Moel Tryfan (locomotive).

Moel Tryfan (429 m / 1407 ft) is a small mountain near the villages of Rhosgadfan, Y Fron and Betws Garmon, in northern Gwynedd. The higher and more famous peak of Tryfan above Dyffryn Ogwen has also sometimes been referred to as "Moel Tryfan" in the past.

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Moel Tryfan could be regarded as the westerly outlier of the larger Mynydd Mawr. The southern and eastern flanks of the mountain were heavily quarried in the past, particularly at Moel Tryfran Quarry and Cilgwyn quarry.

References

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    "Moel Tryfan". hill-bagging.co.uk. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
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    "Topographic map of Moel Tryfan". opentopomap.org. Retrieved 13 June 2023.


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