Cadair Ifan Goch (Chair of Ifan Goch, the Giant) is a crag located above the

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in North

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in the community of

Llanddoged and Maenan Llanddoged and Maenan ( cy, Llanddoged a Maenan) is a community in Conwy County Borough, in Wales. It is located in the Conwy Valley, on the eastern bank of the River Conwy, north east of Llanrwst, south west of Abergele and south of Conwy. ...

, and owned by the

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. The views extend across the whole of the valley to the

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mountains, and even as far south as the

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mountains. The summit of the hill, a bit further up from the crag, reaches above sea level. According to legend, Ifan Goch the giant sat on this ledge to cool his feet in the river Conwy below. Another version tells how he is alleged to stand with one foot on Cadair Ifan Goch on one side of the valley, and the other on

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on the opposite side of the valley in order to wash his face in the river.

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