Bryn Arw is a hill in the
Black Mountains of 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
Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire ( cy, Sir Fynwy) is a county in the south-east of Wales. The name derives from the historic county of the same name; the modern county covers the eastern three-fifths of the historic county. The largest town is Abergavenny, with ...
, south
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 ...
. It lies 4 km north of the town of
Abergavenny
Abergavenny (; cy, Y Fenni , archaically ''Abergafenni'' meaning "mouth of the River Gavenny") is a market town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales. Abergavenny is promoted as a ''Gateway to Wales''; it is approximately from the border wi ...
and 1.5 miles west of the village of
Llanvihangel Crucorney. Its summit at 384m (1260 feet) above sea level is the more northerly of two tops which lie on the crest of a slightly arcuate north-south ridge which drops away to the south at first gently and then sharply. The hill is isolated from the main mass of the range by the valleys of Cwm Coed-y-cerig to the north and by Cwm Brynarw to the west. It is a
Marilyn.
Geology
The hill is composed from mudstones and sandstones of the Senni Beds Formation of the
Old Red Sandstone laid down during the
Devonian period. A number of small fossil
landslip
Landslides, also known as landslips, are several forms of mass wasting that may include a wide range of ground movements, such as rockfalls, deep-seated slope failures, mudflows, and debris flows. Landslides occur in a variety of environments, ...
s can be seen around its flanks, notably at its northwestern and southwestern points where the slopes are steepest.
[British Geological Survey 1:50,000 map sheets 214 'Talgarth' and '232 'Abergavenny' & accompanying memoirs]
Access
The hill is designated as open country so freely accessible to walkers.
Public footpath
A footpath (also pedestrian way, walking trail, nature trail) is a type of thoroughfare that is intended for use only by pedestrians and not other forms of traffic such as motorized vehicles, bicycles and horses. They can be found in a wide ...
s run around its base for all but a short section of its western flank whilst further paths link from the nearby road network.
External links
Images of Bryn Arw and surrounding area on Geograph website
References
{{Authority control
Black Mountains, Wales
Mountains and hills of Monmouthshire
Marilyns of Wales