Maesglase
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|}Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Maesglase is a mountain in Snowdonia, North Wales, situated approximately four miles to the south-west of Aran Fawddwy. It is the highest of the Dyfi Hills.[1]
It can be reached by an easy but steep walk through the forestry from Dinas Mawddwy or directly from the bwlch on the A470. Ascending Maesglase provides an opportunity to climb several other nearby peaks including Maen-Du, Craig Rhiw-erch, Waun-oer, Craig Portas and Cribin Fawr which are linked by a series of ridges and arêtes.
The precise location of the summit is the subject of some confusion. Traditionally, the top of Maen Du (Script error: No such module "convert". at Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates".) was regarded as Maesglase's summit. However, more recent surveys suggest that the top of Craig Rhiw-erch (c Script error: No such module "convert". at Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates"., some Script error: No such module "convert". to the west) is higher.[2] A recent survey puts it at Script error: No such module "convert"..Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The geomorphology of these mountains is classical U-shaped glacial valleys with textbook examples of hanging valleys and intersecting valleys.
The eastern slopes are devoted to sheep farming whilst the western slopes are intensively forested.
Above the semi-improved grassland is some bracken but much of the higher ground is covered in typical Calluna / Erica communities interspersed with large areas of Juncus, Carex and Sphagnum bogs. The tops of Cribin Fawr are flat expanses of peat-hags. On the eastern flanks Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) grows in abundance with Cowberry (Vaccinium vitis-idaea) common on the highest ground.
Half a mile to the west of the peak of Cribin Fawr at a high point of Script error: No such module "convert". is a stone boundary marker dated 1861 and inscribed CCC and bearing a benchmark. Maesglase waterfall has a total height of Script error: No such module "convert"..
To the south lie the parallel ridges leading to Mynydd Dolgoed and Mynydd Gartheiniog.
The site is the location of the Welsh-language novel O! Tyn y Gorchudd! by Angharad Price.
References
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- ↑ Nuttall, John & Anne (1999). The Mountains of England & Wales - Volume 1: Wales (2nd edition ed.). Milnthorpe, Cumbria: Cicerone. Template:ISBN.
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