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Mynydd Garnclochdy

I thought I had completed Monmouthshire, but having scoured the map a bit more – and having walked 16 hills in the county and seeing a couple of…

Hatterrall Hill

The final hill in Monmouthshire for me, Hatterrall Hill is a 531m hill that sits on the far bottom right of the Black Mountains range. This means the…

Black Mountain South Top

Black Mountain South Top is a 637.4m subsidiary peak of the Black Mountain just North of it and is classed as an hill. It is a fairly gentle…

Black Mountain

Black Mountain is a 703m mountain in the Black Mountains range. It is just below Hay Bluff and the summit is marked by a small pile of rocks….

Chwarel y Fan

Chwarel y Fan, a 679m mountain in the Black Mountains range, is the first summit on the 19m route above. It marks the highest point of quite a…

Pen-y-Garn Fawr

Pen-y-Garn Fawr is a 616m hill in Monmouthshire that does not have the prominence to be classed as an official mountain, despite being high enough. It is part…

Mynydd Llysiau

Mountain rank by height: 125 out of 188Height: 2,175ft | 663mRegion: Black MountainsGrid ref: SO207279 This is the fourth mountain on the above loop and is marked by…

Waun Fach

Mountain rank by height: 38 out of 188Height: 2,661ft | 811mRegion: Black MountainsGrid ref: SO215300 Waun Fach is the highest mountain in the Black Mountains range, although with…

Pen Twyn Glas

Mountain rank by height: 143 out of 188Height: 2,119ft ft | 646mRegion: Black MountainsGrid ref: SO213257 The smallest mountain on this walk at 645m, Pen Twyn Glas has…