Chwarel y Fan

Chwarel y Fan

The Chwarel y Fan summit ridge
Highest point
Elevation 679 m (2,228 ft)
Prominence 72 m (236 ft)
Parent peak Waun Fach
Listing Hewitt, Nuttall, County top
Coordinates 51°57′30″N 3°04′51″W / 51.95826°N 3.080948°W / 51.95826; -3.080948Coordinates: 51°57′30″N 3°04′51″W / 51.95826°N 3.080948°W / 51.95826; -3.080948
Naming
Translation quarry of the beacon (Welsh)
Geography
Chwarel y Fan

Within Monmouthshire

Location Black Mountains, South Wales
OS grid SO258294
Topo map OS Landranger 161

Chwarel y Fan is a peak in the Black Mountains in south-eastern Wales. It is the highest rise on the long ridge which extends southeastwards from Rhos Dirion. The ridge continues southeastwards to the lesser summit of Bal-Mawr whose top is adorned by a trig point at 607 metres (1,991 ft) above sea level. A further 1 km southeast along the ridge is the lesser top of Bal-Bach at a height of just over 520 metres (1,710 ft). Chwarel y Fan is the highest point in Monmouthshire unitary authority.

The summit is on a thin ridge and is crowned by a cairn. On the other sides of the valleys: to the west is Pen Twyn Mawr and to the east is Black Mountain.[1]

References

  1. Nuttall, John & Anne (1999). The Mountains of England & Wales - Volume 1: Wales (2nd edition ed.). Milnthorpe, Cumbria: Cicerone. ISBN 1-85284-304-7.

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