Black Mixen () is a subsidiary summit of
Rhos Fawr or Great Rhos in the
Radnor Forest. The summit is large peat
bog
A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates peat as a deposit of dead plant materials often mosses, typically sphagnum moss. It is one of the four main types of wetlands. Other names for bogs include mire, mosses, quagmire, and musk ...
plateau. The summit is marked with a cairn, and is next to a radio transmitter and its building.
Black Mixen is the only
Nuttall to have a communications mast (a
radio transmitter
In electronics and telecommunications, a radio transmitter or just transmitter (often abbreviated as XMTR or TX in technical documents) is an electronic device which produces radio waves with an antenna with the purpose of signal transmissio ...
) on its summit.
To the east is
Bache Hill, to the south are the
Black Mountains, to the west is the Great Rhos plateau.
The summit cairn is probably of
Bronze Age
The Bronze Age () was a historical period characterised principally by the use of bronze tools and the development of complex urban societies, as well as the adoption of writing in some areas. The Bronze Age is the middle principal period of ...
date, with most peaks in the area showing similar
barrowss.
References
External links
www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Great Rhos and surrounding area
Radnor Forest
Mountains and hills of Powys
Hewitts of Wales
Nuttalls
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