Pen Cerrig-calch
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Charles Fryett, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pen Allt-mawr and Tretower Castle.
Pen Allt-mawr
Peak
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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.
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.
St Edmund’s Church, Crickhowell
Church
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St Edmund's Church is located in Crickhowell, in southeastern Powys, Wales. Built in the early 14th century, the church is dedicated to Saint Edmund the king and martyr.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llanbedr and Tretower.
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.
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.
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'.
Pen Cerrig-calch
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,300 feet
- Description: mountain (701m) in Powys
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Crickhowell, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.89432° or 51° 53′ 40″ northLongitude
-3.1392° or 3° 8′ 21″ westElevation
2,300 feet (701 metres)Open location code
9C3RVVV6+P8OpenStreetMap ID
node 300655864OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=survey_pointOpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
12613878Wikidata ID
Q7162087
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Pen Cerrig-calch” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Pen Cerrig-calch”
- Irish: “Pen Cerrig-calch”
- Ladin: “Pen Cerrig-calch”
- Welsh: “Pen Cerrig-calch”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Glanusk Estate and Felindre.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pen Gloch-y-pibwr and Pen Cerrig-calch.
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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 Cerrig-calch”. Photo: Charles Fryett, CC BY-SA 2.0.