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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Mynydd Y Cwm

Mynydd y Cwm is a hill in the Clwydian Range in Denbighshire, North Wales. It reaches a height of 304.8 metres (1,000 feet). It has recently been promoted to Marilyn status having a prominence of 150 metres.

At the summit there is a memorial to the crew of a Handley Page Halifax that crashed on the hill in 1947.

References

  1. ^ "Mynydd y Cwm". hill-bagging.co.uk. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  2. ^ "National Archives - Accident to Halifax VIII aircraft G-AIHU; Cwm Mountain, North Wales, 5 Dec 1947".
  3. ^ "Aviation Safety Network Occurrence # 18825".
  4. ^ "Peak District Air Accident Research - Handley Page Halifax C. Mk.8 G-AIHU of the Lancashire Aircraft Corporation crashed on the summit of Cwm Mountain near St Asaph".
Mynydd y Cwm from the River Clwyd