Drygarn Fawr

Drygarn Fawr
Eastern approach to Drygarn Fawr
Highest point
Elevation645 m (2,116 ft)
Prominence257 m (843 ft)
Parent peakPlynlimon
ListingMarilyn, Hewitt, Nuttall
Naming
English translationThree large cairns
Language of nameWelsh
Geography
Map
LocationPowys, Wales
Parent rangeCambrian Mountains
OS gridSN862584
Topo mapOS Landranger 147
Listed summits of Drygarn Fawr
Name Grid ref Height Status
Gorllwyn SO196643 613 metres (2,011 ft) Hewitt, Nuttall
Y Gamriw SO213636 604 metres (1,982 ft) sub Hewitt
Darren SN908568 524 metres (1,719 ft) subdodd
Bryn Du SN839569 555 metres (1,821 ft) subdodd

Drygarn Fawr is a mountain in the county of Powys, Wales. It is one of the highest summits in Mid Wales at 645 metres (2,116 ft) above sea level. It lies to the south of the Elan Valley Reservoirs. Rising above the remote moorland plateau of the Cambrian Mountains, and to the west of the peaks of Radnor Forest, the summit is topped by two distinctive, large cairns. The mountain has a gentle, grassy, conical shape with a few rocks near the summit. Nearby are the summits of Gorllwyn, Y Gamriw, and Drum yr Eira all over 600m.