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Moel Sych

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Moel Sych
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Historic County Top (CoH): The highest point within (or sometimes on) the boundary of each county.
Historic - traditional list of counties from which people usually take their local cultural identity. In the UK they were never abolished, they just ceased to have administrative function. In the Republic of Ireland, most of the original counties are still real and important.

County Top: Denbighshire [Sir Ddinbych] Montgomeryshire [Sir Drefaldwyn] (CoH)
County: Denbighshire [Sir Ddinbych]/Powys
Classification: Sim,Hew,N,CoH,CoU
Meters/Feet: 826.7/2712
Feature: rock by cairn
Survey: obvious summit/Trimble GeoXH 6000
Parent name (Ma): Cadair Berwyn
Source: The Database of British and Irish Hills v18.1 (http://www.hills-database.co.uk)
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Notes: The inclusion of a summit on our site may not always mean the hill is accessible. Some summits may be on private land with no public right of way or open access. Landowner permission must be sought before accessing a hill on private land. Access rights in Scotland are separate from the rest of the UK.

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Moel Sych

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SJ 06628 31860

52.876077, -3.388784

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52°52'33.9"N 3°23'19.6"W

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30U 473833 5858556

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