Chwarel y Fan is a peak in the
Black Mountains in south-eastern
Wales
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. It is the highest rise on the long ridge which extends southeastwards from
Rhos Dirion. The ridge continues southeastwards to the lesser summit of Bal-Mawr whose top is adorned by a
trig point
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at above sea level. A further 1 km southeast along the ridge is the lesser top of Bal-Bach at a height of just over . Chwarel y Fan is the
county top
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of the
historic county of
Monmouthshire, and is also the highest point in the current local government area of
Monmouthshire.
The summit is on a thin ridge and is crowned by a cairn. On the other sides of the valleys: to the west is
Pen Twyn Mawr and to the east is
Black Mountain
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.
[Nuttall, John & Anne (1999). The Mountains of England & Wales - Volume 1: Wales (2nd edition ed.). Milnthorpe, Cumbria: Cicerone. .]
References
External links
www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Waun Fach and surrounding area
Black Mountains, Wales
Mountains and hills of Powys
Hewitts of Wales
Nuttalls
Highest points of Welsh counties