Gwal y Cadno

Gwal y Cadno is a ruins in Llywel, Powys, Wales. Gwal y Cadno is situated nearby to the peak Fan Foel, as well as near Fan Brycheiniog.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fan Brycheiniog and Llyn y Fan Fawr.

Fan Brycheiniog

Peak

Photo: Gabby77, Public domain.

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.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Penwyllt and Fforest Fawr.

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. Penwyllt is situated 4½ miles southeast of Gwal y Cadno.

Fforest Fawr

Locality

Fforest Fawr is an extensive upland area in the county of Powys, Wales. Formerly known as the Great Forest of Brecknock in English, it was a royal hunting area for several centuries but is now used primarily for sheep grazing, forestry, water catchment and recreation. Fforest Fawr is situated 5 miles southeast of Gwal y Cadno.

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.

Gwal y Cadno

Type: Ruins
Category: historic site
Location: Llywel, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.88663° or 51° 53′ 12″ north

Longitude

-3.70834° or 3° 42′ 30″ west

Open location code

9C3RV7PR+MM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 424205559

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

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