Pen y Castell

Pen y Castell seen from the slopes of Drum

Height: 623m (2,044ft)

Prominence: 29m (95ft)
Region: Snowdonia – The Carneddau
Classifications: Nuttall
Summit feature: None
Times climbed: 1
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Pen y Castell (Pen a Caast-ell – Top of the Castle) tops the east ridge of Drum.

The summit consists of rocky outcrops amid a small boggy plateau.

Views of the higher Carneddau ridge to the west, Craig Eigiau to the south, Tal y Fan to the north and the Conwy valley to the east can be seen.

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