Rhos Fawr

Rhos Fawr is a mountain summit in the Radnor Forest, a rather isolated dome of hills to the north of the village of New Radnor. The local rocks are sedimentary shales and mudstones with some Silurian limestone.

Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,165 feet
Description: mountain (660m) in Powys
Also known as: “Great Rhos”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Black Mixen and St Mary’s Church.

Black Mixen

Peak

Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Black Mixen is a subsidiary summit of Rhos Fawr or Great Rhos in the Radnor Forest. The summit is large peat bog plateau. The summit is marked with a cairn, and is next to a radio transmitter and its building.

St Mary’s Church

Church

Photo: Llywelyn2000, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Radnor Arms

Pub

Photo: Fabian Musto, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Radnor Arms is a pub.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Llanfihangel Rhydithon and New Radnor.

Llanfihangel Rhydithon

Village

Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Llanfihangel Rhydithon is a community in the county of Powys, Wales, and is 56.1 miles from Cardiff and 143.5 miles from London. In 2011 the population of Llanfihangel Rhydithon was 228 with 6.7% of them able to speak Welsh.

New Radnor

Village

New Radnor is a village and community in Powys, Wales. It is south of Radnor Forest, and was historically the county town of Radnorshire. In the 2001 census, the community's population of 410 was split evenly between male and female, in 192 households.