Foel Dinas
Mountain in Wales
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Foel Dinas is a mountain in Wales. It is the north-westernmost peak of the Dyfi Hills and sits above the town of Dinas Mawddwy.
Prominence135 m (443 ft)
English translationCity mountain
| Foel Dinas | |
|---|---|
Foel Dinas from the west | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 472.2 m (1,549 ft)[1] |
| Prominence | 135 m (443 ft) |
| Coordinates | 52.71409988°N 3.71497004°W |
| Naming | |
| English translation | City mountain |
| Language of name | Welsh |
| Geography | |
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| Location | Snowdonia, Wales |
| Parent range | Cadair Idris |
| OS grid | SH 8424 1431 |
| Topo map | OS Explorer OL23 |
In the 1870s its eastern and northern slopes were planted with trees by Sir Edmund Buckley, the lord of the manor of Mawddwy.[2] On the northern flank is Llyn Foel Dinas, a lake which was dammed to form a reservoir, providing the water supply to Buckley's manor house in Dinas Mawddwy.[3] The southern shoulder of the mountain was the location of Minllyn quarry from the 1790s to 1925.[4]