Y Gyrn

Y Gyrn is a top of Pen y Fan in South Wales, situated in the Brecon Beacons National Park. Tommy Jones' Obelisk is found in between the summit and Corn Du. The summit is a boggy mound overlooking the A470 and the Storey Arms. It is marked by a pile of stones.

Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pen y Fan and Llyn Cwm Llwch.

Pen y Fan

Peak

Photo: Dave.Dunford, Public domain.

Pen y Fan is the highest peak in South Wales, situated in Brecon Beacons National Park. At 886 metres above sea-level, it is also the highest British peak south of Cadair Idris in Snowdonia.

Llyn Cwm Llwch

Lake

Photo: Richard Higgs, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Llyn Cwm Llwch is a small lake or pool in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Powys, Wales. It is between 1 and 2 acres: much smaller than the two glacial lakes in the west of the Black Mountain: Llyn y Fan Fawr and Llyn y Fan Fach, and one of the few natural bodies of water in the park.

Corn Du

Peak

Photo: Andy Dingley, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Corn Du is a summit of the twin topped Pen y Fan and the second highest peak in South Wales at 871.5 m, situated in the Brecon Beacons National Park. It is situated to the south-west of Pen y Fan at a distance of approximately 550 m from it, and is just 13 m lower than Pen y Fan itself.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Libanus and Heol Senni.

Libanus

Village

Photo: Oliver Dixon, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Libanus is a village in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Powys, Wales, United Kingdom, and in the community of Glyn Tarell. Presumably, the name of the village derives from Mount Lebanon, also known as the Lebanon Mountains, the ancient name for which was Libanus, a common name for chapels in Wales.

Heol Senni

Hamlet

Heol Senni is a hamlet in the valley of the Afon Senni just north of the Fforest Fawr section of the Brecon Beacons National Park. It lies within the community of Maescar in the county of Powys, Wales.

Llanspyddid

Village

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Llanspyddid is a small village just west of Brecon within the Brecon Beacons National Park. It lies within the valley of the River Usk in the community of Glyn Tarell in the county of Powys, Wales.

Y Gyrn

Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,031 feet
Description: hill (618.7m) in Powys
Categories: hill and landform
Location: Glyn Tarell, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.88382° or 51° 53′ 2″ north

Longitude

-3.4704° or 3° 28′ 13″ west

Elevation

2,031 feet (619 metres)

Open location code

9C3RVGMH+GR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3526106440

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=peak

GeoNames ID

12622386

Wikidata ID

Q17041449

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Welsh—“Y Gyrn” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Y Gyrn”
Norwegian Nynorsk: “Y Gyrn”
Welsh: “Y Gyrn”

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