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Cadair Idris

Near Dolgellau, Gwynedd

The giant's chair, where a night on the summit makes you a poet or a madman.

Cadair Idris means 'the chair of Idris', a giant said to have used the mountain as his seat while studying the stars. Legend says that anyone who spends a night alone on its summit will come down either a poet or a madman, or not at all.

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When
Legend
Where
52.7000, -3.9100
Group
Legends

Visiting

Popular routes start from Minffordd and Dolgellau. It's a serious mountain walk.

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