Gorllwyn Explained

Gorllwyn
Elevation M:613
Prominence M:88
Parent Peak:Drygarn Fawr
Listing:Hewitt, Nuttall
Language:Welsh
Location:Powys, Wales
Range:Cambrian Mountains
Grid Ref Uk:SN862584
Topo:OS Landranger 147

Gorllwyn is a subsidiary summit of Drygarn Fawr, located on a remote moorland plateau of the Cambrian Mountains. The summit is grassy and is surrounded by peat bog. There is a shelter cairn and a trig point.

To the west is Drygarn Fawr, its large cairns making it a very distinctive feature in an otherwise featureless plateau. Drygarn Fawr is separated from Gorllwyn by the pass of Bwlch y Ddau Faen. To the east the plateau continues towards Y Gamriw.[1] Radnor Forest lies further to the east.

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52.212°N -3.667°W

Notes and References

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