Grongar Hill
Grongar Hill is located in the Welsh county of Carmarthenshire and was the subject of a loco-descriptive poem by John Dyer. Published in two versions in 1726, during the Augustan period, its celebration of the individual experience of the landscape makes it a precursor of Romanticism.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: George Causley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 469 feet
- Description: hill (143m) in Llangathen, Carmarthenshire, Wales, UK
- Also known as: “Grongaer”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Aberglasney and Allt y Gaer.
Aberglasney
Garden
Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aberglasney House and Gardens is a medieval house and gardens set in the Tywi valley in the parish of Llangathen, Carmarthenshire, West Wales. It is owned and run by Aberglasney Restoration Trust, a registered charity.
Allt y Gaer
Building
Photo: Graham Horn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Allt y Gaer is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Llangathen community, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It is a 3.5ha conifer woodland on the northern slopes of the Tywi Valley, which has SSSI protected designation because it holds the largest heronry in West Wales.
Dinefwr Castle
Photo: Andrew Bone, CC BY 2.0.
Dinefwr Castle is a ruined castle overlooking the River Towy near the town of Llandeilo, Carmarthenshire, Wales. It lies on a ridge on the northern bank of the Towy, with a steep drop of one hundred feet to the river.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llangathen and Llanarthne.
Llangathen
Village
Photo: Ben Brooksbank, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llangathen is a village and community located in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The community includes the hamlet of Cilsân. The population taken at the 2011 census was 507.
Llanarthne
Village
Photo: Dave Kelly, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanarthney is a village and community in Carmarthenshire, south-west Wales. It is situated on the B4300 road, 12 km east of Carmarthen and 10 km west of Llandeilo.
Milo
Hamlet
Milo is a small village of some 50 homes in the parish of Llanfihangel Aberbythych, some three miles north of Ammanford in Carmarthenshire, Wales. According to the 2001 census, the parish is home to 1,277 inhabitants.
Grongar Hill
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Llangathen, Carmarthenshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.87465° or 51° 52′ 29″ northLongitude
-4.07387° or 4° 4′ 26″ westElevation
469 feet (143 metres)Open location code
9C3QVWFG+VFOpenStreetMap ID
node 3613008015OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Grongar Hill” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Grongaer”
- Dutch: “Grongar Hill”
- Welsh: “Grongaer”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Allt y Gaer and River Towy.
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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 “Grongar Hill”. Photo: George Causley, CC BY-SA 2.0.