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Name:Garth y Wig
Hill number:14615
Height:291m / 955ft
Parent (Ma):2042  Mwdwl-eithin
RHB Section:30C: Llandudno to Wrexham
County/UA:Denbighshire [Sir Ddinbych]
Catchment:Clwyd
Class:Tump (200-299m)
(Tu,2)
Grid ref:SJ043489 (est)
Drop:37m
Col:254m  SJ042490  
OS map sheet(s):(1:50k) 116
(1:25k) 264S
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Logged Descriptions  (logged by 16 users)ByDate of Ascent
Parked to side of entrance to Garth-y-wig at SJ 0412 4911 & down road to lower RoW - Along RoW to stile & then steeply up through trees to join forest track at SJ 0420 4899 - Turned left along track for about 100m to junction, turned right up track to high point & then a short climb to the mossy rock at SJ 04390 48991 & the embedded rock at SJ 04345 49011, GRs noted by RHW & AJ. (S)gerrybowes11/02/2022
Room for one car at start of fp to west. Straight up into dark silent wood. Pleasant chat with sheep farmer. Very friendly sheep.Campbell Singer06/05/2021
From gate to NW on track to Garth-y-Wig. Hard to find branch running S. Crossed style and up to new fence runnig EW. Easy to cross in corner and them up through the trees. Amazing number of and a wide range of fungi.GordonAdshead17/09/2020
From NWRob5005/05/2019
From track to NW. Unmapped track runs NNE thru' wood SJ 04233 49062 but will need to leave it at approx. SJ 8434 4907 and climb thru' easy open woodcarole engel21/11/2018
Parked to W at little used entrance to Garth y Wig, followed track down then up through wood. (There's a f/p 150m down road leading to same wood). Couple of possible high points, both at embedded rocks, no idea which is highest.Aye Jimmy15/06/2018
From NW, fairly open spruce. Several possible summit contenders.RHW22/03/2014
Martin R17/06/2022
A Peckish15/11/2019
beckybags15/11/2019
Lucky10/02/2019
maknipe10/02/2019
MM22/09/2017
PeteF22/01/2017
TK11/06/2016
Alex C24/07/2014