Fforest SW Top

Fforest SW Top is a hill in Cilycwm, Carmarthenshire, Wales and has an elevation of 974 feet. Fforest SW Top is situated nearby to the village Cilycwm, as well as near the hamlet Siloh.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Llandovery Castle and Llandovery railway station.

Llandovery Castle

Castle

Photo: Stuart Logan, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Llandovery Castle is a late thirteenth-century, Grade II*-listed, castle ruin in the town of Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It occupies a knoll overlooking the River Towy and the land surrounding it. Llandovery Castle is situated 2½ miles south of Fforest SW Top.

Llandovery railway station

Railway station

Photo: Hywel Williams, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Llandovery railway station serves the market town of Llandovery, Carmarthenshire, Wales. The station is on the Heart of Wales Line, 29 miles 24 chains from Llandeilo Junction, near Llanelli, and is located between Llanwrda and Cynghordy. Llandovery railway station is situated 2 miles south of Fforest SW Top.

Alabum

Archaeological site

The rectangular enclosure that defined this Roman fort was built in the 70s AD as part of the campaign to integrate southern Wales into the Roman province of Britannia Superior. Alabum is situated 2 miles south of Fforest SW Top.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cilycwm and Llandovery.

Cilycwm

Village

Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cilycwm is a village, parish and community located in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The community population taken at the 2011 census was 487. Cilycwm lies on the west bank of Afon Gwenlais, a tributary of the River Towy, north of the town of Llandovery.

Llandovery

Photo: JohnLewis1000, Public domain.

Llandovery is an historic market town in Carmarthenshire, on the edge of the Black Mountain, and on the border between Mid Wales and South Wales.

Cynghordy

Village

Photo: Stuart Wilding, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Cynghordy is a village in the rural community of Llanfair-ar-y-bryn in Carmarthenshire, Wales. It lies on the A483 road northeast of the town of Llandovery, and is served by Cynghordy railway station on the Heart of Wales Line. Cynghordy is situated 3 miles northeast of Fforest SW Top.

Fforest SW Top

Type: Hill with an elevation of 974 feet
Category: landform
Location: Cilycwm, Carmarthenshire, South Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.02745° or 52° 1′ 39″ north

Longitude

-3.80028° or 3° 48′ 1″ west

Elevation

974 feet (297 metres)

Open location code

9C4R25GX+XV

GeoNames ID

12615381

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Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Pen-y-gaer and Fforest.

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