Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MOEL-FAMMAU

MOEL-FAMMAU, a mountain on the mutual border of Flintshire and Denbighshire; 4 miles W by S of Mold. It has an altitude of 1,845 feet; and is crowned with the Jubilee Tower, erected in 1810, by the gentlemen of Flintshire, to commemorate the 50th year of George III. 's reign. The tower is a pyramidal column, 150 feet high; and commands a map-like view of the entire vale of Clwyd, and a vast panoramic view to CaderIdris, Snowdon, the Wrekin, and the Cumberland Black Comb.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a mountain"   (ADL Feature Type: "mountains")
Administrative units: Denbighshire AncC       Flintshire AncC

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