Cribarth
Cribarth is a hill in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Powys, Wales, in the traditional county of Brecknockshire. The summit lies on the broken ridge at an elevation of 428 m at OS grid reference SN 831143.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,404 feet
- Description: hill (428m) in Powys
- Also known as: “Sleeping Giant”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dan yr Ogof and Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary.
Dan yr Ogof
Cave
Photo: Sloman, Public domain.
Dan yr Ogof, at the National Showcaves Centre for Wales, is a 17-kilometre long cave system in south Wales, about 5 miles north of Ystradgynlais and 15 miles southwest of Brecon, in the Brecon Beacons National Park.
Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary
Zoo
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wales Ape and Monkey Sanctuary is an animal sanctuary between Caehopkin and Abercraf in Powys, Wales. It became the Wales Ape & Monkey Sanctuary in December 2008, being previously known as Cefn-yr-Erw Primate Sanctuary.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pen y Cae and Abercraf.
Pen y Cae
Photo: Jaggery, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Pen-y-cae is a village in Powys, Wales in the Brecon Beacons National Park between Abercraf and Craig-y-Nos Castle, in the community of Tawe-Uchaf. The village is mostly a linear settlement along the A4067 which runs approximately parallel to the River Tawe.
Abercraf
Village
Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Abercraf is a village in Powys, Wales, in the community of Ystradgynlais and within the historic boundaries of the county of Brecknockshire. A distinct dialect of English is spoken in the village, as well as the Welsh language.
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.
Cribarth
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Tawe-Uchaf, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.81405° or 51° 48′ 51″ northLongitude
-3.70102° or 3° 42′ 4″ westElevation
1,404 feet (428 metres)Open location code
9C3RR77X+JHOpenStreetMap ID
node 1541446567OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Cribarth” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Cribarth”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل كريبارث”
- Welsh: “Cribarth”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ynyswen and Caehopkin.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Abercrave Inn and St David’s.
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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 “Cribarth”. Photo: Nigel Davies, CC BY-SA 2.0.