Wenallt, Cardiff
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Wenallt (often called simply The Wenallt) is located to the north of Cardiff, Wales.[1] The name is Welsh and translates to 'white wooded slope'. Ordnance Survey mapping shows the highest point as Template:Cvt,[2] although another source suggests a height of Template:Cvt.[3]
Although Cardiff residents sometimes call it a mountain, it is too low to be classified as a mountain. It is owned by Cardiff County Council and operated as public land, and looks down onto the village of Rhiwbina in the northern suburbs of Cardiff.
A large telecommunications tower is located at the top of the hill, near to which is a heavily vandalised former military bunker.
Wenallt Camp is the remains of an Iron Age enclosure on the southern slopes of the hill.
Together with the Garth Mountain a mile or so to the west, Wenallt Hill can be seen from most of Cardiff city centre. On a clear day they can be seen from Weston-super-Mare in England, Template:Convert away on the other side of over the Bristol Channel.
The south facing slope of the hill overlooking Cardiff is now covered in trees, whereas in the early-1970s it was covered in ferns and bracken with a network of paths crisscrossing the slope. Bluebells are abundant in May.
Coed y Wenallt is a Template:Cvt area of ancient woodland on the western side of the hill. It is an SSSI and under the care of the Woodland Trust.[4]
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