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Name: | Pen y Castell |
Hill number: | 2028 |
Height: | 623.5m / 2046ft |
Parent (Ma): | 1965 Carnedd Llewelyn |
RHB Section: | 30B: Snowdonia |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | The Carneddau |
County/UA: | Conwy |
Catchment: | Conwy |
Class: | Nuttall, Subsimm, Buxton & Lewis, Bridge (N,sSim,BL,Bg) |
Grid ref: | SH 72190 68883 |
Summit feature: | boulder |
Drop: | 29m |
Col: | 594.5m SH 71943 69030 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 115 (1:25k) OL17E |
Observations: | boulder is 0.46m higher than outcrop 60m SW at SH 72222 68925 and 2.43m higher than rock tor 230m ESE at SH 72437 68877 |
Survey: | Leica NA730/Leica RX1250 Survey of Pen y Castell (Final).doc |
Comments: | The Nuttalls give the summit as the rock tor at SH724688. Drop 29.0m by line survey. |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 365 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
From handy car parking at Bwlch y gaer. Up the track, crossed at a stile below Craig Cefn Coch and then followed quad bike tracks to the summit. A very breezy but dry winter afternoon. | sebastiencale | 17/12/2023 |
with k | Fabioski | 07/11/2023 |
Bwlch y ddeufaen up Drum with Lo and Dom | Iam_JoshEdwards | 14/10/2023 |
From Bwlch Y Deeufan. Carnedd Y Ddelw, Drum and Pen Y Castell. 12.88km with 523m ascent in 1hr44m22s. | alunrees1983 | 30/08/2023 |
Celts third mountain | BatmanRobinFlash | 20/08/2023 |
https://strava.app.link/Ra3Ww3MORAb | John | 22/06/2023 |
Solo; 
1. Drum 
2. Foel-Fras 
3. Llwytmor 
4. Pen y Castell | paulh79 | 03/04/2023 |
Tal Y Fan, Foel Lwyd, Carnedd Y Ddelw, Drum, Pen Y Castell and Penygadair | alunrees40 | 27/11/2022 |
From Bwlch y Dduefaen. Followed wall out and back to Foel Lwyd and Tal y Fan then circular route Carnedd Y Ddelw, Drum, Pen Y Castell and Penygadair. Perfect conditions. | muzza2 | 12/06/2022 |
Bob & Duke. | DukeNukem | 28/04/2022 |
Easy walk down on path from Drum. Solo. | Dangerous Dave | 20/04/2022 |
Foel-Ganol, Yr Orsedd, Carnedd Y Ddelw, Drum, Pen Y Castell and Penygadair. From Bwlch Y Ddeufan. | alunrees39 | 18/04/2022 |
Following on from Drum / Tal Y Fan. Very windy on the top. Me and our Jess peak bagging. | Buckleymon | 27/01/2022 |
O Abergwyngregyn - Foel-Ganol, Yr Orsedd, Carnedd Y Ddelw, Drum, Pen Y Castell a Pen y Cydgoed. | sionbrit | 04/09/2021 |
Out and back from the parking area at Bwlch-y-gaer. Visited hill summit and Nuttall summit. | PGCE | 16/08/2021 |
A beautiful circular walk from Bryn Llys accommodation. Noel Faban, Gyrn, Moel Wnion, Drosgl, Bera Mawr, Bera Fach, Gyrn Wigan. Very quiet. Good views into higher tops. With B and R. | jenx | 09/05/2021 |
Last Nuttall of the day as the weather decided to turn nasty solo | colinfielding | 13/04/2021 |
Day 3 of a 3 day backpack exploring the Carneddau. Superb weather and views. | morgs4mountains | 02/04/2021 |
Tal Y Fan, Foel Lwyd, Foel-Ganol, Yr Orsedd, Carnedd Y Ddelw, Drum, Pen Y Castell and Penygadair. First full mountain day in 4 months post lockdown :) | WelshMountainGoat38 | 22/03/2021 |
See Blog entry for full details/gpx download: 
https://dai186.wixsite.com/mountainnomad/post/nw-trip-no6-day-4-tal-y-fan-drum-pen-y-castell-carneddau-wales-3-x-nuttalls | outlawcatcher | 29/11/2020 |
QMD 1 from Bwlch Y Ddeufan. Foel-Ganol, Yr Orsedd, Carnedd Y Ddelw, Drum, Pen Y Castel, Penygadair, Tal Y Fan and Foel Lwyd. Mostly great views apart from Drum!! | angelfon37 | 11/10/2020 |
From Bwlch Y Ddeufan. Carnedd Y Ddelw, Drum, Pen Y Castell and Penygadair. | alunrees37 | 15/06/2020 |
From Bwlch Y Ddeufaen. Carnedd Y Ddelw, Drum, Pen Y Castell and Penygadair. Very Windy, very claggy and at the end very wet! | alunrees0504 | 23/12/2019 |
From Ros Lyn, down to Avon Dulyn, up to Penygadair and over Pen Y Castell. Onto Drum, Foel-fras, Carnedd Gwenllian and Foel Granch. South east to Gledrrfordd, scrambled over Craig Eigiau then over Bryn-gwenith. | ByronHaywood | 10/10/2019 |
Second top of three on a ten mile walk following Nuttalls route The Northern Carneddau. From the small car park south west of Tal y Fan at the end of the minor road. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 04/08/2019 |
Nice Sunday walk bagging Nutalls | jmistry86 | 23/06/2019 |
From Bwlch Y Ddeufan. Carnedd Y Ddelw, Drum, Pen Y Castell, Tal Y Fan and Foel Lwyd. Lovely Day | Angelfon83 | 19/03/2019 |
From Aber | Dan Baddeley | 15/03/2019 |
From pub car park in Tal-y-bont, via Pen y Gaer and Penygadair | derrymark | 16/02/2019 |
From wild camp near Llyn Eigiau, tracks, Dulyn river crossing at dam, Ddu stream crossing at sheepfolds, handrail eastern side of wall to Pen y Castell in cloud, across bwlch and handrail fence/wall to Drum. Descent to roman road and next wild camp area. On supervision duties for DofE Gold expedition. With Gillian. | richard69 | 29/08/2018 |
1/3 (Pen y Castell/Pengadair/Waen Bryn-Gwenith) | Fergalh | 25/03/2018 |
From the car park west of Cae Coch Farm (SH721715). Carnedd y Ddelw, Drum and Pen y Castell. Very windy on the tops, otherwise a good day with nice views. | Lazylizzie | 23/03/2018 |
Climbed with Peter Thirkettle | psburgess | 15/11/2017 |
Climbed with Paul Burgess | P.Thirkettle | 15/11/2017 |
Solo. From Drum and on to Penygadair. | Aimless Rambler | 28/08/2017 |
From Bwlch Y Ddeufaen. Pen Y Cydgoed, Foel-Ganol, Yr Orsedd, Carnedd Y Ddelw, Drum, Pen Y Castell, Penygadair and Pen Y Gaer. Lovely day, warm and windy!! | Alunrees33 | 22/05/2017 |
Parked at small car park at head of valley. Foel Lwyd, Tal y Fan, Carnedd y Ddelw, Drum, Pen y Castell then Penygadair (east and west tops). | BobHancock | 12/04/2017 |
Nuttall Walk WN 1.3 The Northern Carneddau from the car park at the end of the tarmac road near Bwlch y Ddeufaen, visiting Tal y Fan, Foel-fras, Carnedd Y Ddelw, Drum and Pen y Castell. 16km with 860m ascent in 5h20m. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 15/05/2016 |
Parked by bridge at Aber falls.£2 all day. Walked up road to top car park then straight up Foel Dduarth. Steep going on scree & through gorse but great view of whole valley and snow covered tops on gaining the ridge.Then stroll down to col and upto summit of Foel-ganol. On to Yr Orsedd,Carnedd y Ddelw.Drum, out & back to Pen y Castell,Foel-Fras,Carnedd Gwenllian,over Yr Aryg,Bera Mawr & Bera Bach then descending to Aber falls. Great views all day | mart0797 | 16/04/2016 |
Great view of Conway valley did it as the nuttalls book walk | Aristotle Chip | 05/03/2016 |
Foel-ganol, Yr Orsedd, Carnedd y Ddelw, Drum, Pen y Castell | keithouk | 17/01/2016 |
With Mrs G on Nuttall's 1.3 walk. Damp day, but rain only intermittent. | jonglew | 14/09/2015 |
Carnedd y Ddelw, Drum, and Pen y Castell from Bwlch y Ddeufaen. Path less tramp back to car! DS | Fred Windsor | 11/07/2015 |
Nuttall walk 1.3: Tal y Fan - Foel Lwyd - Carnedd y Ddelw NW Top - Carnedd y Ddelw - Drum - Pen y Castell - Penygadair | ronaldo333 | 27/06/2015 |
See Foel Grach log | Dewi Prysor | 23/06/2015 |
Nuttalls walk 1.3, with Lindsay, Steve and Frank | Crib Goch | 24/04/2015 |
Nuttall walk 1.3 plus others with Martin, Frank ,Steve and Brian | Lou | 24/04/2015 |
With Martin, Lindsay & Steve visiting Tal y Fan, Foel Lwyd, Carnedd y Ddelw, Drum, Pen y Castell finishing on the hill fort of Pen y Gaer. Dry, but cloudy for most of the day. | knarf | 24/04/2015 |
From 743693. Walk included Penygadair | JamesD1972 | 24/03/2015 |
R Mike last 2000er | Richard Tait | 23/07/2014 |