The Milltir Cerrig ( Welsh for "mile of stones") is a mountain pass in

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...

, on the B4391 between Bala (in the county of Gwynedd) and

Llangynog Llangynog (; ) is a village and community at the confluence of the Afon Eirth and the Afon Tanat at the foot of the Berwyn range in north Powys (previously Montgomeryshire), Wales. It lies at the foot of the Milltir Cerrig mountain pass on t ...

(

Powys Powys (; ) is a county and preserved county in Wales. It is named after the Kingdom of Powys which was a Welsh successor state, petty kingdom and principality that emerged during the Middle Ages following the end of Roman rule in Britain. Geog ...

), briefly passing through

Denbighshire Denbighshire ( ; cy, Sir Ddinbych; ) is a county in the north-east of Wales. Its borders differ from the historic county of the same name. This part of Wales contains the country's oldest known evidence of habitation – Pontnewydd (Bontnewy ...

. It crosses the Berwyn mountain range at an altitude of 486 metres (1594 feet). From the summit of the pass, a bridleway heads east across the main Berwyn summits; Moel Sych,

Cadair Berwyn Cadair Berwyn or Cader Berwyn is a mountain summit in north-east Wales with a height of above sea level. It is the highest point in the Berwyn range, the highest in North East Wales and the highest significant summit in Wales o ...

and

Cadair Bronwen Cadair Bronwen is a mountain in North Wales and forms part of the Berwyn range. To the south are the higher Berwyn summits, including Cadair Berwyn. To the north lies Moel yr Henfaes and Moel Fferna, which top the north end of the Berwyn range ...

. These three peaks can be seen on the climb from Bala. The mountain pass is approximately 9 miles long; a 4-mile climb up the head of the Tanat Valley from Llangynog, or 5 miles across bleak moorland from the B4391/B4402 junction near Bala.

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