Black Mixen Explained

Black Mixen
Elevation M:650
Prominence M:45
Parent Peak:Rhos Fawr
Listing:Hewitt, Nuttall,
Location:Powys, Wales
Range:Cambrian Mountains
Coordinates:52.2718°N -3.1789°W
Grid Ref Uk:SO182639
Topo:OS Landranger 148

Black Mixen (Welsh: Y Domen Ddu) 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.[1]

Black Mixen is the only Nuttall to have a communications mast (a radio transmitter) on its summit.[2] To the east is Bache Hill, to the south are the Black Mountains, to the west is the Great Rhos plateau.

The summit cairn is probably of Bronze Age date, with most peaks in the area showing similar barrowss.

References

  1. Nuttall, John & Anne (1999). The Mountains of England & Wales - Volume 1: Wales (2nd edition ed.). Milnthorpe, Cumbria: Cicerone. .
  2. Web site: Pumlumon . https://web.archive.org/web/20020508122948/http://www.mountains-snowandrock.org.uk/Wales/pumlumon.php . dead . 2002-05-08 . 2007-04-22 .

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