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Pen-y-foel

hill or mountain · Powys - Powys · 283m

WelshAI-generated

The name means 'top of the hill' or 'head of the hill'. 'Pen' is a common Welsh word for a summit or headland, and 'foel' means bald or bare, likely describing the hill's appearance.

Word origins

Pen
Welshhead, top, summit(from pen "head, top, summit")
foel
Welshbald, bare(from moel "bald, bare")