Y Garn (Plynlimon) facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Y Garn
View over Nant-y-moch Reservoir
Highest point
Elevation	684 m (2,244 ft)
Prominence	56 m (184 ft)
Parent peak	Pen Pumlumon Fawr
Listing	Hewitt, Nuttall
Naming
Language of name	Welsh
Geography
Location	Ceredigion, Wales
Parent range	Cambrian Mountains
OS grid	SN789869
Topo map	OS Landranger 135

Y Garn is a subsidiary summit of Pen Pumlumon Fawr and the fourth highest peak on the Plynlimon massif, a part of the Cambrian Mountains in the county of Ceredigion, Wales.

The summit is marked by a large shelter cairn, hollowed out from an ancient burial cairn. The views include Rhos Fawr, Drygarn Fawr, Pen y Garn to the south and Aran Fawddwy, Glasgwm, Tarrenhendre and Tarren y Gesail to the north. The Nant-y-moch Reservoir can also be seen to the north, with the smaller summits of Drosgol at 550 m (1,800 ft) and Banc Llechwedd-mawr at 560 m (1,840 ft). both Marilyns.