Pen y Castell

Pen y Castell seen from the slopes of Drum

Height: 623m (2,044ft)

Prominence: 29m (95ft)

Region: Snowdonia - The Carneddau

Classifications: Nuttall

Summit feature: None

Times climbed: 1

Related trip report: 

Tal y Fan, Drum & Pen y Castell - 16/09/2017

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Pen y Castell (Pen a Caast-ell - Top of the Castle) tops the east ridge of Drum.

The summit consists of rocky outcrops amid a small boggy plateau.

Views of the higher Carneddau ridge to the west, Craig Eigiau to the south, Tal y Fan to the north and the Conwy valley to the east can be seen.

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