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Route outline for walk po179:

Car Park SE of Llanddeusant  -  Nant Melyn  -  Sychnant  -  Disgwylfa  -  Cefn Disgwylfa  -  Tro'r Fan Foel  -  Fan Foel  -  The Beacons Way  -  Twr y 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:

1 Welsh Mountain

0 Wainwrights

2 Welsh Nuttalls

0 Welsh Deweys

0 Wainwright Outlying Fells

0 Welsh Marilyns

1 Bridget

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Fan Foel at 780m (2559ft). Fan Foel is known as a Welsh Bridget. Fan Foel is the highest point in the county of Carmarthanshire.

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Picws Du (Bannau Sir Gaer) at 749m (2458ft). Picws Du (Bannau Sir Gaer) is classified as a Welsh Mountain (Hewitt) (52nd highest in Wales, 121st highest in England & Wales)

Picws Du (Bannau Sir Gaer) is also known as a Welsh Nuttall (64th highest in Wales, 148th highest in England & Wales).

You will also reach the summit of Waun Lefrith (Bannau Sir Gaer) at 677m (2221ft). Waun Lefrith (Bannau Sir Gaer) is also 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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1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):

1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (the ones with pink/magenta covers):

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