Fforest Fawr
Fforest Fawr is an extensive upland area in the county of Powys, Wales. Formerly known as the Great Forest of Brecknock in English, it was a royal hunting area for several centuries but is now used primarily for sheep grazing, forestry, water catchment and recreation.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 1,778 feet
- Description: mountain range in Powys, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Black Mountains”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fan Nedd and Maen Llia.
Fan Nedd
Peak
Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.
Fan Nedd is a mountain in the Fforest Fawr area of the Brecon Beacons National Park in Wales. In common with the rest of the Fforest Fawr uplands it is within the county of Powys.
Maen Llia
Archaeological site
Photo: Nick Earl, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Maen Llia is a standing stone which sits on moorland at grid reference SN924192 in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Powys, Wales. The stone which is a large piece of intraformational conglomerate from the Old Red Sandstone measures 3.7 m high by 2.8 m wide by 0.9 m.
Maen Madoc
Stone
Photo: Alan Bowring, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Maen Madoc or Maen Madog stone is a menhir which lies adjacent to the Roman road Sarn Helen that runs across the Brecon Beacons in what was a key area of Roman Wales, about one mile north of Ystradfellte.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ystradfellte and Heol Senni.
Ystradfellte
Village
Photo: Robert Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ystradfellte is a village and community in Powys, Wales, about 6 miles north of Hirwaun, with 556 inhabitants. It belongs to the historic county of Brecknockshire and the Fforest Fawr area of the Brecon Beacons National Park, beside the Afon Mellte river. Ystradfellte is situated 3 miles southeast of Fforest Fawr.
Heol Senni
Hamlet
Heol Senni is a hamlet in the valley of the Afon Senni just north of the Fforest Fawr section of the Brecon Beacons National Park. It lies within the community of Maescar in the county of Powys, Wales. Heol Senni is situated 3½ miles north of Fforest Fawr.
Penwyllt
Hamlet
Photo: Toby Speight, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Penwyllt is a hamlet located in the upper Swansea Valley in Powys, Wales, lying within the Brecon Beacons National Park. A former quarrying village, quicklime and silica brick production centre, its fortunes rose and fell as a result of the Industrial Revolution in South Wales. Penwyllt is situated 3½ miles southwest of Fforest Fawr.
Fforest Fawr
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Breton to Welsh—“Fforest Fawr” goes by many names.
- Breton: “Fforest Fawr”
- Cebuano: “Fforest Fawr”
- Chinese: “威尔士大森林”
- Ladin: “Fforest Fawr”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fforest Fawr”
- Swedish: “Fforest Fawr”
- Venetian: “Fforest Fawr”
- Welsh: “Fforest Fawr”
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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fforest Fawr”. Photo: fionamcallisterphotography, CC BY 2.0.