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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 12mls (19km) |
| Ascent: | 2,409ft (734m) |
| Time: | 6¾hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk dn136:
Bwlch Penbarras - The Offa's Dyke Path - Moel Famau - Moel Dywyll - Moel Llys-y-coed - Bwlch Arthur - Gronfoel Farm - Cilcain - Y Pentre - Crug Farm - Ffrith - Bryn Fynnon - Moel Famua Country Park - Bwlch Penbarras
Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:
The Tower on top of Moel Famau was built to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of George III. It was wrecked by a storm in 1862
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 0 Welsh Mountains |
 0 Wainwrights |
 0 Welsh Nuttalls |
 1 Welsh Dewey |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 1 Welsh Marilyn |
 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Moel Famau at 555m (1821ft). Moel Famau is also known as a Welsh Dewey (79th highest in Wales, 141st in England & Wales) and a Welsh Marilyn (66th highest in Wales, 860th highest in the UK). Moel Famau means 'Mother Hill' in Welsh and is pronounced 'moil va-my'.
The summit of Moel Famau is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point. Moel Famau is the highest point in the county of Flintshire.
National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:
Part of this walk follows a section of The Offa's Dyke Path, a 287km (178 miles) linear footpath connecting Sedbury Cliffs in Gloucestershire, England with Prestatyn in Denbighshire, Wales. The Offa's Dyke Path is waymarked by a National Trail Acorn. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Offa's Dyke Path.
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk dn136 Moel Famau and Cilcain from Bwlch Panbarras
In no particular order . . .
Name plaque in Cilcain celebrating the film of life of renown cellists Jacqueline Du Pre - a number of scenes of which were shot in Cilcain village
The shoulder of Foel Fenlli and a distant Snowdonia from
The Offa's Dyke Path above Bwlch Penbarras
The larger beacon or cairn on the summit of Moel Dywyll
on The Offa's Dyke Path
Moel Llys-y-coed summit with Moel Arthur beyond
just off The Offa's Dyke Path
The smaller beacon or cairn on the summit of Moel Dywyll
on The Offa's Dyke Path
Moel Famau (centre) from the twin summit cairns on Moel Dywyll
on The Offa's Dyke Path
Moel Dywyll, Moel Llys, Moel Arthur and The Offa's Dyke Path
from the summit of Moel Famau
Looking South West towards Snowdonia from
The Offa's Dyke Path at Bwlch Penbarras
Foel Fenlli and Bwlch Penbarras from The Offa's Dyke Path
on the summit of Moel Famau
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