Black Mountain South Top
Black Mountain South Top is a top of Black Mountain in the Black Mountains range that spreads across parts of Powys and Monmouthshire in southeast Wales.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Llanthony Abbey and Chwarel y Fan.
Llanthony Abbey
Ruins
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Llanthony Abbey is a former Anglican monastic institution founded in 1869 by Joseph Leycester Lyne, in the Welsh village of Capel-y-ffin, a few miles from the medieval Llanthony Priory.
Chwarel y Fan
Peak
Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.
Chwarel y Fan is a peak in the Black Mountains in south-eastern Wales. It is the highest rise on the long ridge which extends southeastwards from Rhos Dirion.
Black Mountain
Peak
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Black Mountain is a hill in the Black Mountains. It is the only Marilyn to fall exactly on the Welsh–English border, and it straddles Powys and Herefordshire. Its parent peak, Waun Fach, lies to the west.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Capel-y-ffin and Craswall.
Capel-y-ffin
Hamlet
Photo: JamesWoolley, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Capel-y-ffin is a hamlet near the English-Welsh border, a couple of miles north of Llanthony in Powys, Wales. It lies within the Black Mountains and within the Brecon Beacons National Park. The nearest town is Hay-on-Wye, some 8 miles to the northwest.
Craswall
Village
Craswall is a village and civil parish in Herefordshire, England. It lies in the far west of the county, in the foothills of the Black Mountains, close to the border with Wales.
Llanthony
Village
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanthony is a village in the community of Crucorney on the northern edge of Monmouthshire, South East Wales, United Kingdom.
Black Mountain South Top
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,090 feet
- Description: hill (637.4m) on the boundary of Herefordshire, in England, and Powys, in Wales, UK
- Categories: hill and landform
- Location: Llanigon, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.98403° or 51° 59′ 3″ northLongitude
-3.06851° or 3° 4′ 7″ westElevation
2,090 feet (637 metres)Open location code
9C3RXWMJ+JHOpenStreetMap ID
node 9764940168OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Welsh—“Black Mountain South Top” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Black Mountain South Top”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل بلاك سوث توپ”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Black Mountain South Top”
- Welsh: “Mynydd Du (copa deheuol)”
- Welsh: “Mynydd Du (Sir Gaerfyrddin) (copa deheuol)”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Darren Lwyd and Yr Eithen.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include The Vision Farm and Ty-Shores, Capel-Y-Ffin.
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