Moel Sych

Moel Sych
Moel Sych
	Moel Sych and Llyn Lluncaws
Highest point
Elevation	826.7 m (2,712 ft)
Prominence	33.9 m (111 ft)
Listing	Hewitt, Nuttall
Coordinates	52°52′34″N 3°23′19″W
Naming
English translation	dry hill
Language of name	Welsh
Geography
Location	Denbighshire / Powys, Wales
Parent range	Berwyn range
OS grid	SJ071323
Topo map	OS Landranger 125

Moel Sych (pronounced [ˈmɔil ˈsɨːx]) with a height of 826.7 metres (2,712 ft) is a subsidiary summit of Cadair Berwyn in north east Wales. It is the third highest summit in the Berwyn range after Cadair Berwyn and Cadair Berwyn North Top.[1]

The summit lies at the triple historic county boundary point of Montgomeryshire, Denbighshire and Merionethshire. It is the highest point (historic county top) of Montgomeryshire.

The summit was often considered to be the highest summit in the Berwyns (and therefore the county top of Denbighshire as well as Montgomeryshire) until the Cadair Berwyn North Top, then known as Cadair Berwyn was found to be of the same height. Later on the OS discovered a new top in between the two, which was 5m higher at 832m. This top, now known as Cadair Berwyn, is listed as Cadair Berwyn New Top on the Nuttall list.

The summit has a cairn, and overlooks Llyn Lluncaws in the southern Cwm.[2]

References

OS. "Moel Sych location". Retrieved March 6, 2015.
Nuttall, John & Anne (1999). The Mountains of England & Wales - Volume 1: Wales (2nd edition ed.). Milnthorpe, Cumbria: Cicerone. ISBN 1-85284-304-7.

External links

www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Cadair Berwyn and surrounding area

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[1] OS. "Moel Sych location". Retrieved March 6, 2015.

[2] Nuttall, John & Anne (1999). The Mountains of England & Wales - Volume 1: Wales (2nd edition ed.). Milnthorpe, Cumbria: Cicerone. ISBN 1-85284-304-7.