Rhos Fawr is a mountain summit in the Radnor Forest (Mid Wales), 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. With a height of 660 metres (2,170 ft), it is the highest point in the Radnor Forest and the historic county top of Radnorshire.

Rhos Fawr
The summit plateau of Rhos Fawr
Highest point
Elevation660 m (2,170 ft)
Prominence379 m (1,243 ft)
Parent peakPlynlimon
ListingMarilyn, Hewitt, Nuttall, county top (Radnorshire)
Coordinates52°16′02″N 3°11′59″W / 52.2671°N 3.1998°W / 52.2671; -3.1998
Geography
LocationPowys, Wales, historic county Radnorshire
Parent rangeCambrian Mountains
OS gridSO182639
Topo mapOS Landranger 148
Listed summits of Rhos Fawr
Name Grid ref Height Status
Black Mixen SO196643 650 metres (2,133 ft) Hewitt, Nuttall
Bache Hill SO213636 610 metres (2,001 ft) Hewitt, Nuttall
Whimble SO205626 599 metres (1,965 ft) Dewey
Great Creigiau SO198636 646 metres (2,119 ft) Buxton & Lewis

The summit is located on a broad heathery plateau, which is separated from Black Mixen: the eastern plateau summit, by the cwm of Harvey Dingle. To the west is Drygarn Fawr and Gorllwyn, to the northwest Plynlimon, to the north Beacon Hill and the Clun Forest (Shropshire), and to the south the Black Mountains.[1] There is a prominent trig point at the summit, and a very useful landmark for walkers on the broad and featureless summit plateau.

References edit

  1. ^ Nuttall, John & Anne (1999). The Mountains of England & Wales - Volume 1: Wales (2nd edition ed.). Milnthorpe, Cumbria: Cicerone. ISBN 1-85284-304-7.

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