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Route outline for walk po114:

Car Park SE of Llanddeusant  -  Nant Melyn  -  Sychnant  -  Disgwylfa  -  Cefn Disgwylfa  -  Tro'r Fan Foel  -  Fan Foel  -  The Beacons Way  -  Twr y Fan Foel  -  Fan Brycheiniog  -  Fan Hir  -  Fan Brycheiniog (Twr y Fan Foel)  -  Fan Foel  -  Bwlch Blaen Twrch  -  Pant y Bwlch  -  Picws Du (Bannau Sir Gaer)  -  Glastir y Picws  -  Cwar Du Mawr  -  Cwar Du Bach  -  Waun Lefrith (Bannau Sir Gaer)  -  Llyn y Fan Fach  -  Llethr y Llyn  -  Waun y Llyn  -  Nant Coch  -  Car Park SE of Llanddeusant

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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

3 Welsh Mountains

0 Wainwrights

4 Welsh Nuttalls

0 Welsh Deweys

0 Wainwright Outlying Fells

1 Welsh Marilyn

1 Bridget

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Fan Brycheiniog (Twr y Fan Foel) at 802m (2632ft). Fan Brycheiniog (Twr y Fan Foel) is classified as a Welsh Mountain (Hewitt) (34th highest in Wales, 76th highest in England & Wales)

Fan Brycheiniog (Twr y Fan Foel) is also known as a Welsh Nuttall (43rd highest in Wales, 91st highest in England & Wales) and a Welsh Marilyn (15th highest in Wales, 390th highest in the UK).

The summit of Fan Brycheiniog (Twr y Fan Foel) is marked by a cairn 300m NNE of the Trig Point..

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Fan Foel at 780m (2559ft). Fan Foel is known as a Welsh Bridget. Fan Foel is the highest point in the county of Carmarthanshire.

You will also reach the summit of Fan Hir at 760m (2494ft). Fan Hir is classified as a Welsh Mountain (Hewitt) (46th highest in Wales, 112th highest in England & Wales)

Fan Hir is also known as a Welsh Nuttall (57th highest in Wales, 136th highest in England & Wales).

Along the way you will also bag:

• Picws Du (Bannau Sir Gaer) at 749m (2458ft). Picws Du (Bannau Sir Gaer) is classified as a Welsh Mountain (Hewitt) (52nd Wales, 121st Eng & Wal) and a Welsh Nuttall (64th highest in Wales, 148th highest in England & Wales).

• Waun Lefrith (Bannau Sir Gaer) at 677m (2221ft). Waun Lefrith (Bannau Sir Gaer) is known as a Welsh Nuttall (110th highest in Wales, 264th highest in England & Wales).

National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Beacons Way, a 158km (98 miles) linear footpath connecting Abergavenny in Monmouthshire, with Llangadog in Carmarthenshire, England. The Beacons Way is waymarked by named posts with a mountains and river motif. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Beacons Way.

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