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Arenig Fach

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moorland and looks like a bulky heathery "lump" from most directions. However, its north-eastern face has steep cliffs with a small corrie lake, Llyn Arenig Fach, at their bottom. The last glacier occupation of this corrie is thought to have happened during the
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Loch Lomond Stadial glaciers in the Aran and Arenig Mountains, North Wales, Great Britain. Philip D. Hughes. Geological Journal, Volume 37 Issue 1, Pages 9 - 15. 2001.
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Nuttall, John & Anne (1999). The Mountains of England & Wales - Volume 1: Wales (2nd edition ed.). Milnthorpe, Cumbria: Cicerone.
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The summit itself is known as Carnedd Bachgen, named after the ancient cairn,
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and a substantial shelter cairn. The mountain rises from the
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Arenig Fach summit area with Carnedd Bachgen (right)
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Index


Elevation
Prominence
Parent peak
Arenig Fawr
Listing
Marilyn
Hewitt
Nuttall
Welsh
[aˈrɛnɪɡˈvaːχ]
Gwynedd
Parent range
Snowdonia
OS grid
SH827370
Topo map
OS
mountain
Snowdonia
Wales
Arenig Fawr
Llyn Celyn
A4212
Trawsfynydd
Bala
Carnedd y Filiast
Foel Goch (Arenigs)
Moel Llyfnant
Gallt y Daren

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