Editing Garnedd Ugain

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{{Short description|Mountain in Gwynedd, Wales}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Garnedd Ugain
| photo = Garnedd_ugain.jpg
| photo_caption = Garnedd Ugain (right) and [[Snowdon]] (left)
| elevation_m = 1065
| elevation_ref = 
| prominence_m = 72
| prominence_ref = 
| parent_peak = [[Snowdon]]
| listing = [[Hewitt (hill)|Hewitt]], [[Welsh 3000s]], [[Nuttall (hill)|Nuttall]], [[List of Furth mountains in the British Isles|Furth]]
| translation = Cairn of the Twenty
| language = [[Welsh language|Welsh]]
| pronunciation = {{IPA|cy|ˈɡarnɛð ˈiːɡai̯n|lang}}
| location = [[Gwynedd]], Wales
| range = [[Snowdonia]]
| grid_ref_UK = SH610551
| topo = [[Ordnance Survey|OS]] ''Landranger'' 115
}}

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{{GB summits entry
|Name=[[Llechog]]
|Height=718&nbsp;m (2,356&nbsp;ft)
|Status=sub [[Hewitt (hill)|Hewitt]], [[Nuttall (hill)|Nuttall]]}}
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'''Garnedd Ugain''', also known as '''Crib-y-Ddysgl''', is a pyramidal [[mountain]] in [[Wales]] that forms part of the [[Snowdon Massif]]. It is the second-highest peak in Wales, (Although with a far greater [[topographical prominence]] [[Carnedd Llywelyn]] is usually considered second highest). and lies just under one kilometre north of the summit of [[Snowdon]] itself.

It is part of the ''Snowdon Horseshoe'' route,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebmc.co.uk/how-to-scramble-crib-goch|title=How to scramble: Crib Goch|website=www.thebmc.co.uk}}</ref> being linked to [[Crib Goch]] via the col at Bwlch Coch, and to Snowdon summit via the col at Bwlch Glas. It is also linked to Cwm Glas to the northeast via a steep arete called Clogwyn y Person, which joins the main Crib y Ddysgl ridge about {{convert|500|m|ft|sigfig=2|abbr=off}} east of the summit.

==Name==

Both ''Garnedd Ugain'' and ''Crib-y-Ddysgl'' appear on the [[Ordnance Survey]]'s maps of the area. The name Crib-y-Ddysgl refers to the east ridge&nbsp;<ref>{{cite book |title=Scrambles in Snowdonia |author = Steve Ashton |publisher=Cicerone Press |year=1992 |isbn=1-85284-088-9}}</ref> whilst the summit is ''Garnedd'' or ''Carnedd Ugain''.

Crib-y-Ddysgl (meaning "[[ridge]] of the [[bowl|dish]]" in [[Welsh language|Welsh]]) is the name used by Alan Dawson for the peak's listing as a [[Hewitt (hill)|Hewitt]].

''Carnedd Ugain'' in Welsh means "Cairn of the Twenty" (the form ''Garnedd'' is the result of [[soft mutation]]).  This was possibly named after the [[Segontium Roman Fort|Roman legion based in Caernarfon]]{{cn|date=August 2022}}.

The web pages of the Welsh Mountaineering Club suggest that the name could also be a corruption of "Carnedd Wgon", and so named after the prince Wgon sung of by [[Dafydd ap Gwilym]] or possibly after the 13th-century poet [[Gwgon Brydydd]].<ref>See [http://www.clwbmynyddacymru.com/Mynyddiadur/Cymru/CarneddUgain/CarneddUgain.htm] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708165756/http://www.clwbmynyddacymru.com/Mynyddiadur/Cymru/CarneddUgain/CarneddUgain.htm |date=2011-07-08 }}.  (NB "Gwgon" becomes "Wgon" under soft mutation.)</ref>

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