Foel Dinas is a mountain in Wales. It is the north-westernmost peak of the Dyfi Hills and sits above the town of Dinas Mawddwy.

Foel Dinas
Foel Dinas from the west
Highest point
Elevation	472.2 m (1,549 ft)[1]
Coordinates	52.71409988°N 3.71497004°W / 52.71409988; -3.71497004
Naming
English translation	City mountain
Language of name	Welsh
Geography
Location	Snowdonia, Wales
Parent range	Cadair Idris
OS grid	SH 8424 1431
Topo map	OS Explorer OL23

In the 1870s its eastern and northern slopes were planted with trees by Sir Edmund Buckley, the lord of the manor of Mawddwy.[2] On the northern flank is Llyn Foel Dinas, a lake which was dammed to form a reservoir, providing the water supply to Buckley's manor house in Dinas Mawddwy.[3] The southern shoulder of the mountain was the location of Minllyn quarry from the 1790s to 1925.[4]

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