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Manod Mawr
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Highest point
Elevation 661 m (2,169 ft)
Prominence 266 m (873 ft)
Parent peak Arenig Fach
Listing Marilyn, Hewitt, Nuttall
Naming
English translation great snowdrift
Language of name Welsh
Geography
Location Gwynedd, Wales
Parent range Moelwynion
OS grid SH723446
Topo map OS Landranger 124
Listed summits of Manod Mawr
Name Grid ref Height Status
Manod Mawr North Top 658 m (2,159 ft) Hewitt, Nuttall
Moel Penamnen 623 m (2,044 ft) Hewitt, Nuttall

Manod Mawr is a mountain in North Wales and forms part of the Moelwynion. Although known as a mountain in the eastern Moelwyns, it and its sister peaks are sometimes known as the Ffestiniog hills.

Manod Mawr is a mountain which has been extensively quarried. The now-closed Graig Ddu Quarry is to be found on the 600-metre (2,000 ft) contour, in the hollow between Manod Mawr's summit and Manod Mawr North Top. Manod Mawr's summit is in the exclusion zone of the Snowdonia National Park around Blaenau Ffestiniog, while Manod Mawr North Top's summit only just misses out on the national park's protection. There were fears the quarry would eventually remove the North Top.

During the Second World War, quarry tunnels in the Manod range were used to store and protect, in secret, valuable paintings from the National Gallery in London.

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