Fan Brycheiniog
Fan Brycheiniog is the highest peak at a height of 802.5 metres in the Black Mountain region of the Brecon Beacons National Park in southern Wales. There is a trig point at the peak and on the edge of the escarpment, and nearby, a stone shelter with an inner seat.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,631 feet
- Description: hill (801.7m) in Powys
- Also known as: “Fan Brycheiniog - Trig Point” and “Fan Foel”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Llyn y Fan Fawr and Fan Hir.
Llyn y Fan Fawr
Lake
Photo: Blisco, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Llyn y Fan Fawr is a natural lake in the county of Powys, Wales. It lies at the foot of Fan Brycheiniog, the highest peak of the Black Mountain range within the Brecon Beacons National Park.
Fan Hir
Peak
Photo: David Gruar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Fan Hir is a peak at the eastern end of the Black Mountain in the Brecon Beacons National Park in southern Wales. It is a subsidiary summit of Fan Brycheiniog.
Picws Du
Peak
Photo: Dara Jasumani, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Picws Du is the second highest peak of the Carmarthen Fans in the Carmarthenshire section of the Black Mountain in the west of the Brecon Beacons National Park in south Wales.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Penwyllt and Pen y Cae.
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.
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. Abercraf is situated 6 miles south of Fan Brycheiniog.
Fan Brycheiniog
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Llywel, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.88221° or 51° 52′ 56″ northLongitude
-3.70822° or 3° 42′ 30″ westElevation
2,631 feet (802 metres)Open location code
9C3RV7JR+VPOpenStreetMap ID
node 1537151387OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Fan Brycheiniog” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Fan Brycheiniog”
- Breton: “Fan Brycheiniog”
- Dutch: “Fan Brycheiniog”
- Italian: “Fan Brycheiniog”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fan Brycheiniog”
- Welsh: “Fan Brycheiniog”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Gwal y Cadno and Fan Foel.
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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 “Fan Brycheiniog”. Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.