Allt Lwyd is a top of
Waun Rydd
Waun Rydd is a mountain in the Brecon Beacons National Park, in southern Powys, Wales. Its height is 769 m (2,523 ft) and it tops a large boggy plateau rising to the east of Pen y Fan.Nuttall, John & Anne (1999). The Mountains of ...
in the
Brecon Beacons National Park
The Brecon Beacons National Park ( cy, Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog) is one of three national parks in Wales, and is centred on the Brecon Beacons range of hills in southern Wales. It includes the Black Mountain (range), Black Mountain ...
, in southern
Powys
Powys (; ) is a Local government in Wales#Principal areas, county and Preserved counties of Wales, preserved county in Wales. It is named after the Kingdom of Powys which was a Welsh succession of states, successor state, petty kingdom and princi ...
,
Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...
.
The summit is heathery and marked by a small pile of stones. It is found at the end of Waun Rydd's south-east ridge. It overlooks
Talybont Reservoir
Talybont Reservoir ( cy, Cronfa Ddŵr Tal-y-bont) is the largest stillwater reservoir in the central Brecon Beacons at . Talybont-on-Usk is downstream of the dam.
Construction of the current dam started in 1931 by Newport Corporation, and in ...
, and has the Talybont Forest on its steep flanks.
[Nuttall, John & Anne (1999). The Mountains of England & Wales - Volume 1: Wales (2nd edition). Milnthorpe, Cumbria: Cicerone. .]
References
External links
www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Waun Rydd and surrounding area
Nuttalls
Brecon Beacons
Mountains and hills of Powys
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