Fan Brycheiniog

Fan Brycheiniog
Fan Brycheiniog from Picws Du
Highest point
Elevation802.5 m (2,633 ft)
Prominence425 m (1,394 ft)
Parent peakPen y Fan
Isolation18.02 km (11.20 mi) Edit this on Wikidata
ListingMarilyn, Hewitt, Nuttall
Naming
English translationBrecknock beacon
Language of nameWelsh
PronunciationWelsh: [ˈvan brəˈχei̯njɔɡ]
Geography
Map
LocationPowys, Wales
Parent rangeBrecon Beacons
OS gridSN825217
Listed summits of Fan Brycheiniog
Name Grid ref Height Status
Fan Hir SN969193 761 m (2,497 ft) Hewitt, Nuttall
Picws Du SN969193 749 m (2,457 ft) Hewitt, Nuttall
Garreg Las SN969193 635 m (2,083 ft) Hewitt, Nuttall
Garreg Lwyd SN969193 616 m (2,021 ft) Hewitt, Nuttall
Foel Fraith SN969193 602 m (1,975 ft) sub Hewitt
Llyn y Fan Fawr, below Fan Brycheiniog in the Black Mountain

Fan Brycheiniog is the highest peak at a height of 802.5 metres (2,633 ft) (above sea level) in the Black Mountain (Y Mynydd Du) 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. It lies just inside the historic county of Brecknockshire (now part of the Powys council area) which gives the mountain its Welsh name. A subsidiary top (Fan Foel), less than a kilometre from the summit along the ridge to the northwest, is the highest point (county top) of the neighbouring county of Carmarthenshire. Fan Brycheiniog is also within the Fforest Fawr Geopark designated in 2005 in recognition of the area's geological heritage.[1] The views of the moorland and open country to the north are spectacular when the weather is clear, and reveals the isolation of the range, especially when compared with the more popular Pen y Fan range to the east.

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