Pen Allt-mawr
Pen Allt-mawr is a 719 metres high subsidiary summit of Waun Fach and the third highest peak in the Black Mountains in south-eastern Wales. A very recognisable and prominent peak of the Black Mountains, it lies near the end of the more westerly of Waun Fach's two broad southern ridges.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pen Cerrig-calch and Tretower Castle.
Pen Cerrig-calch
Peak
Photo: Charles Fryett, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pen Cerrig-calch is a subsidiary summit of Waun Fach in the Black Mountains in the Brecon Beacons National Park in southern Powys, Wales. Its summit, at a height of 701 m, is marked by a trig point.
Tretower Castle
Castle
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Tretower Castle is a Grade I-listed ruined castle in the village of Tretower in the county of Powys, Wales. It was built around the beginning of the twelfth century as a motte and bailey castle and this was probably replaced mid-century by a stone shell keep.
Mynydd Llysiau
Peak
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Mynydd Llysiau is a subsidiary summit of Waun Fach in the Black Mountains in south-eastern Wales. It lies halfway between Waun Fach and Pen Allt-mawr. It is a distinguished summit with a steep eastern face.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cwmdu and Tretower.
Cwmdu
Village
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Cwmdu or Llanfihangel Cwmdu is a small village in the community of Cwmdu and District, situated in the heart of the Black Mountains in Powys, Wales. Its name is derived from the Welsh language "Cwm Du", which means 'Black Valley'.
Tretower
Village
Tretower is a hamlet in the community of Cwmdu and District, in the southern part of the county of Powys in Wales. It lies on the A479 road within the Brecon Beacons National Park at the foot of the Black Mountains just off the Usk Valley.
Llanbedr
Village
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Llanbedr is a small village in the community of Vale of Grwyney, in the county of Powys, Wales, 2 miles northeast of Crickhowell. It lies above the river known as the Grwyne Fechan just above its confluence with the Grwyne Fawr in the southern reaches of the Black Mountains range.
Pen Allt-mawr
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,362 feet
- Description: mountain (719.6m) in Powys
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Llanfihangel Cwmdu with Bwlch and Cathedine, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.91179° or 51° 54′ 42″ northLongitude
-3.15439° or 3° 9′ 16″ westElevation
2,362 feet (720 metres)Open location code
9C3RWR6W+P6OpenStreetMap ID
node 1210003403OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=survey_pointOpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
12608622Wikidata ID
Q7162083
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Pen Allt-mawr” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Pen Allt-mawr”
- Irish: “Pen Allt-mawr”
- Ladin: “Pen Allt-mawr”
- Welsh: “Pen Allt-mawr”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Iron Bridge and Pont Y Wern.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pen Cerrig-calch and Ffynnon Oer.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". 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 “Pen Allt-mawr”. Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.