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At the pass, cross a stile/gate and turn left beside a fence and wall following a clear path rising in easy stages to the top of Moel Cynghorion (The Hill of the Councillors). The top of the mountain is flat and grassy, and conceals a small, flattened cairn, as well as a few small ponds.

The name Moel Cynghorion bears the legend that when Edward I conquered Wales and started to build his castles, he tried to trick the Welsh bards into coming to an Eisteddfod, where he would have killed them. But they got wind of his plot and ran away to this lonely outpost; quite what they did when they got here is not disclosed, however.

Cross a ladder-stile on the summit fence, and head off in a northerly direction. There is no path to follow, and progress is what you make of it, descending steep grassy slopes, but trending a little to the left lower down. The descent is not difficult, but does require attention to placement of feet. Your target is a ladder-stile (SH584574) due south of Helfa-fawr, a renovated building, neither of which is visible until the last moment.