Mynydd Llwyn-gwern

Mynydd Llwyn-gwern
The summit of Mynydd Llwyn-gwern with Mynydd Model beyond
Highest point
Elevation269.2 m (883 ft)[1]
Prominence30 m (98 ft) Edit this on Wikidata
Naming
Language of nameWelsh
Geography
Map
LocationGwynedd, UK
Parent rangeCadair Idris
OS gridSH 7650 0466

Mynydd Llwyn-gwern or Mynydd Llwyngwern is a mountain in southern Snowdonia, Wales. It lies above the Afon Dulas to the west and the Nant Ffrydlan to the east. The summit is noted for a series of low pillow mounds.[2]

The Llwyngwern slate quarry on the west flank of the mountain operated from the 1820s until about 1950.[3] In 1972, the quarry became the site for an experiment in green living.[4] This has now developed into the Centre for Alternative Technology which occupies much of the quarry site. The centre built a wind turbine on the summit of Mynydd Llwyn-gwern.[2]

It is one of the Dyfi hills.

  1. ^ "MYNYDD LLWYN-GWERN, POWYS - POWYS (SY20 9EX)". Ordnance Survey. Retrieved 10 September 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Mynydd Llwyn-gwern (301254)". Coflein. RCAHMW. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  3. ^ The Corris Railway Society (1988). A Return to Corris. Avon-Anglia Publications & Services. ISBN 978-0905466897.
  4. ^ Sugar News. Sugar News Press. 1979.