Gorllwyn is a subsidiary summit of
Drygarn Fawr, located on a remote
moorland plateau
In geology and physical geography, a plateau (; ; ), also called a high plain or a tableland, is an area of a highland consisting of flat terrain that is raised sharply above the surrounding area on at least one side. Often one or more sides ...
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.
[Nuttall, John & Anne (1999). ''The Mountains of England & Wales'' - Volume 1: Wales (2nd edition ed.). Milnthorpe, Cumbria: Cicerone. .] Radnor Forest
Radnor Forest ( cy, Fforest Clud) in the county of Radnorshire, Wales is a rock dome composed of Silurian shales, mudstones and limestone in Mid Wales. It is a forest in the medieval sense of the word (an area of land set aside for hunting). I ...
lies further to the east.
References
External links
www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Drygarn Fawr and surrounding area
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Elenydd
Mountains and hills of Powys
Hewitts of Wales
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