Moel Lefn is a summit in
Snowdonia. It is a subsidiary peak of
Moel Hebog
Moel Hebog (Welsh for ''Bare Hill of the Hawk'') is a mountain in Snowdonia, north Wales which dominates the view west from the village of Beddgelert. It gives name to a whole range of peaks in the north-western corner of Snowdonia, which i ...
and a sister peak of
Moel yr Ogof
Moel yr Ogof is a summit in Snowdonia. It is a subsidiary summit of Moel Hebog and a sister peak to the lower Moel Lefn.
There is an asbestos trial mine located on the summit. A small seam of white asbestos was discovered however insufficient a ...
. Its summit marks the end of the Hebog ridge.
The North Eastern flank of Moel Lefn shows a good example of
Columnar jointing within the rhyolite unit that comprises the majority of the mountain.
The
Beddgelert Forest lies directly to the east, while Cwm Pennant lies to the west. Good views of the Nantlle ridge are observed. There are two tall upright stone
cairn
A cairn is a man-made pile (or stack) of stones raised for a purpose, usually as a marker or as a burial mound. The word ''cairn'' comes from the gd, càrn (plural ).
Cairns have been and are used for a broad variety of purposes. In prehis ...
s on the eastern side of the mountain.
[Nuttall, John & Anne (1999). The Mountains of England & Wales - Volume 1: Wales (2nd edition ed.). Milnthorpe, Cumbria: Cicerone. .]
References
External links
www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Moel Lefn and surrounding area
Beddgelert
Dolbenmaen
Mountains and hills of Gwynedd
Mountains and hills of Snowdonia
Hewitts of Wales
Nuttalls
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