Waun Fach

Waun Fach
Waun Fach from Mynydd Llysiau
Highest point
Elevation	811 m (2,661 ft)
Prominence	622 m (2,041 ft)
Parent peak	Pen y Fan
Listing	Marilyn, Hewitt, Nuttall
Naming
English translation	small moor
Language of name	Welsh
Pronunciation	Welsh: [ˈwɑin ˈvɑːx]
Geography
Location	Black Mountains, South Wales
OS grid	SO215300
Topo map	OS Landranger 161

Listed summits of Waun Fach

Name	Grid ref	Height	Status
Pen y Gadair Fawr	SN969193	800 metres (2,625 ft)	Hewitt, Nuttall
Pen Allt-mawr	SN969193	720 metres (2,362 ft)	Hewitt, Nuttall
Rhos Dirion	SN969193	713 metres (2,339 ft)	sub Hewitt, Nuttall
Pen Cerrig-calch	SN969193	701 metres (2,300 ft)	Hewitt, Nuttall
Twmpa	SN969193	690 metres (2,264 ft)	Hewitt, Nuttall
Chwarel y Fan	SN969193	679 metres (2,228 ft)	Hewitt, Nuttall
Mynydd Llysiau	SN969193	663 metres (2,175 ft)	Hewitt, Nuttall

Waun Fach is the highest mountain at 2661 feet in the Black Mountains in south-eastern Wales. It is one of the three Marilyns over 600m that make up the range, the others being Black Mountain and Mynydd Troed. To the north Rhos Fawr and the Radnor Forest can be seen. After Pen y Fan, it is the second highest mountain in mainland Britain south of Snowdonia.

Access

It is situated at the head of the Grwyne Fechan valley, above and to the west of the Grwyne Fawr reservoir [1]. It has an undistinguished (and almost indistinguishable [2]) rounded summit [3]. The nearby tops on the ridge, Pen Trumau and Pen y Gadair Fawr [4], although lower, are very much more recognisable.

External links

• Computer generated summit panoramas Waun Fach Index
• www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Waun Fach and surrounding area