Chwarel y Fan
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.Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pen y Gadair Fawr and Llanthony Abbey.
Pen y Gadair Fawr
Peak
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pen y Gadair Fawr is an 800 metres high subsidiary summit of Waun Fach and the second highest peak in the Black Mountains in south-eastern Wales. Marked by a medium-sized cairn, it is a much more distinguished top than its parent 1.5 km to the northwest.
Llanthony Abbey
Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanthony Abbey is a former Anglican monastic institution founded in 1869 by Joseph Leycester Lyne, in the Welsh village of Capel-y-ffin, a few miles from the medieval Llanthony Priory.
Black Mountain South Top
Peak
Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.
Black Mountain South Top is a top of Black Mountain in the Black Mountains range that spreads across parts of Powys and Monmouthshire in southeast Wales.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Capel-y-ffin and Llanthony.
Capel-y-ffin
Hamlet
Photo: JamesWoolley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Capel-y-ffin is a hamlet near the English-Welsh border, a couple of miles north of Llanthony in Powys, Wales. It lies within the Black Mountains and within the Brecon Beacons National Park. The nearest town is Hay-on-Wye, some 8 miles to the northwest.
Llanthony
Village
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanthony is a village in the community of Crucorney on the northern edge of Monmouthshire, South East Wales, United Kingdom.
Longtown
Village
Photo: Crispin Purdye, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Longtown is a linear village and parish in Herefordshire, England. The parish includes the village of Clodock and had a population in mid-2010 of 543, increasing to 620 at the 2011 Census.
Chwarel y Fan
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,228 feet
- Description: mountain (679m) in Monmouthshire
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Crucorney, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.95826° or 51° 57′ 30″ northLongitude
-3.08102° or 3° 4′ 52″ westElevation
2,228 feet (679 metres)Open location code
9C3RXW59+8HOpenStreetMap ID
node 3295147786OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Chwarel y Fan” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Chwarel y Fan”
- Dutch: “Chwarel y Fan”
- Irish: “Chwarel y Fan”
- Ladin: “Chwarel y Fan”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Chwarel y Fan”
- Welsh: “Chwarel y Fan”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ty-Shores, Capel-Y-Ffin and The Vision Farm.
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