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Name: | Penrhiw-wen |
Hill number: | 3510 |
Height: | 510.1m / 1674ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2205 Pen y Garn |
RHB Section: | 31C: South-West Wales |
County/UA: | Powys |
Catchment: | Wye |
Class: | Dodd (500-599m), Dewey (Tu,5,Dew) |
Grid ref: | SN 92514 70923 |
Summit feature: | no feature |
Drop: | 34.1m |
Col: | 476m SN 9186 6958 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 136 147 (1:25k) 200W |
Observations: | ground 100m SE at SN 92570 70843 is 0.3m lower |
Survey: | Abney level/Trimble GeoXH 6000 |
Comments: | col height measurement is 476.0m |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 90 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
From pull off on road to SW. | PeterD | 19/07/2023 |
From the road summit. Easy hill and then onto Moelfryn, | Campbell Singer | 13/01/2022 |
G, My | Idris | 28/09/2021 |
From the nearby road, up to grab a geocache and a short walk from there onto this Dewey. Great afternoon to be out walking. | Father Ted | 14/09/2021 |
Quick up and down from the highpoint of the road. | PGCE | 20/07/2021 |
Penrhiw - wen from GR: SN 92108 70815 | ronaldo333 | 07/05/2021 |
From campsite in Rhayader up lane to track after waterfalls which leads near to Esgair Penygarreg summit visited both trigs. Returned to lane and walked north west then set off across country to Penrhiw-wen. Returned to Rhayader on track over Esgair Dderw. | dgresty | 18/10/2020 |
Parked at the summit of the mountain road, then a short walk to the HP. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 03/08/2020 |
short walk from high point | underhill | 01/08/2020 |
From Pont ar Elan car park. Circuit of 5 Deweys | Slash3 | 23/08/2019 |
Short walk, visiting summit and slightly lower nearby top | RobertP | 28/07/2019 |
First of three Dewey's from Penygarreg reservoir's free car park that also has toilets if a little grim. Fourteen mile in just over five hours route went onto moelfryn and Esgair Penygarreg clear paths through out. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 01/09/2018 |
Parked at the high point of the road to the east, then a short walk to the summit. With JT. | Sprog | 30/05/2018 |
Easy parking at 920708 - An 8 minute walk up ATV & damaging off-roader tracks to the unmarked summit. (PM) | gerrybowes | 30/01/2018 |
15 minute return from parking at 921708 with GB. Cold, clear and very still. | bolton | 30/01/2018 |
Short walk from road highpoint. | rhalstead | 23/12/2017 |
17 miles, 3022ft Bryan Titli Wind Farm walk. | stephenbuda | 10/10/2017 |
Ample parking at high point of B road west of Penrhiw-wen. Penrhiw-wen, Moelfryn (highest point by my satnav is east of OS spot height with a few flat stones on top) Esgair Perfedd. Interesting old settlement at Lluest-pen-rhiw en-route to Moelfryn. | ijpowell | 08/07/2017 |
Continuation of walk from Moelfryn. Descended SW to rejoin the bridleway, then headed nearly up to the mountain road, diverting just before road SE on an ATV track, and so to the summit - now heavily eroded. Walk continued to Esgair Dderw. Solo. | Man of Kernow1 | 12/03/2017 |
A little round (ACW) of Moelfryn, Penrhiw-wen and Esgair Dderw from SN 94477 70755. | summitsup | 08/05/2016 |
Seventh of nine on sunny day (Drum Ddu/Y Gamriw/Y Foel/Esgair Penygarreg/Esgair Perfedd/Esgair Dderw/Penrihw-Wen/Lethyr Melyn/Gornoeth) | Fergalh | 16/04/2016 |
On a small round of hills. Parking on mountain road, by waterfall. Nondescript grassy mound in otherwise flatish plateau area. | jonglew | 28/06/2015 |
Stroll from roadside to Penrhiw-wen then drop down and cross Nant y Sarn and angle over easy ground to west flank of Moelfryn. Back by similar line but took ROW back to road to avoid tussocks. | SS | 25/04/2015 |
Part of a circle from Pont ar Elan. Started with Esgair y Llwy, then Pen Lan-fawr, Cerrig Llwydion, Moelfryn, Penrhiw-wen. Mostly done on path (some indistinct) and sheep trods. A fair bit of hummock grass but never ankle breaking stuff. Basically a good, solid walk. Good views all along the walk but pity about the wind farms. | MikeM | 09/04/2015 |
Short pop off the road on the way through | Neolith | 01/03/2015 |
This was a very easy walk from the road about 15 minutes there and back. The summit was unmarked with some old and wet snow patches. | isabelle | 15/02/2015 |
Start ~ 920708. Easy 8 minute stroll to summit. With Wombourne. | steve hudson | 11/02/2015 |
Parked at GR 920708, room for several cars at high point of road. Took exactly 8 minutes to walk across snow covered grass to summit. With SH. | wombourne | 11/02/2015 |
From Elan Valley Mountain Road (SN 93262 69802) - Esgair Dderw - Penrhiw-wen - Esgair Perfedd - Esgair Penygarreg. | david230201 | 29/12/2014 |
As part of a circular walk of Esgair y Llwyn, Pen Lan-fawr, Cerrig Llwydion, Sychnentydd, Moelfryn, Penrhiw-wen, Esgair Dderw, Esgair Penygarreg and Esgair Perfedd. No difficulties in parking, access or navigation. | JohnStoneham | 07/09/2014 |
Parked easily on road. | destaylor | 10/07/2014 |
With Val. Checking out route for GMC walk | mike.hoult | 16/04/2014 |
Quick grab time. | Martin R | 07/02/2014 |
As per others, 5 mins each way from layby on road to wsw, over shortish tundra. | dicky | 31/08/2013 |
Quick bag off the Aberystwyth mountain road. Rubbish top so not worth much more effort. | simon and co | 21/06/2013 |
petey | 31/03/2013 | |
Nipped up from road in five minutes. Featureless summit. | chriswatson | 18/11/2012 |
Part of a 3 day solo walk around the elan valley ticking of some dewey tops | steviet | 05/05/2012 |
Start ~ 920708. Easy stroll to summit. With Ron. | steve hudson | 12/10/2011 |
Easy walk up from the highest point of the road. | clivevilla | 03/06/2009 |
Very quick walk from the road out and back 0.6ml. | Rob Pen y Garn | 13/08/2008 |
Another rounded hill with three candidates for the highest point. Above GR is within 20m of all three. snow covered today. Easy bag off the mountain road but better with Moelfryn and Sych.. from the Marteg then walk down the ridge to Rhayader | Rhayader_wander | 11/02/2007 |
Rhayader Dewey bagging, walk 7/8; from road to W @ 921708 | RHW | 28/02/1998 |
kanderson | 25/11/2023 | |
davefh | 02/07/2023 | |
TREBORK | 20/05/2023 | |
beckybags | 06/02/2023 | |
A Peckish | 06/02/2023 | |
IainT | 28/08/2022 | |
Dusty | 18/11/2021 |