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| Name: | Cistfaen |
| Hill number: | 7623 |
| Height: | 535m / 1755ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2205 Pen y Garn |
| RHB Section: | 31C: South-West Wales |
| Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Central Wales - Pumlumon |
| County/UA: | Powys |
| Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Ystwyth, Wye |
| Watershed: | Severn Estuary, Cardiff to Cape Wrath, Cardigan Bay |
| Class: | Subdodd (s5) |
| Grid ref: | SN 86791 77514 |
| Summit feature: | no feature: ground in trees near edge of forest ride |
| Drop: | 22.1m |
| Col: | 512.9m SN 8661 7774  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 135 136 147 (1:25k) 214W |
| Observations: | top of ancient cairn 630m SW at SN 86370 77040 is of similar height but constructed of loose stones. Cairn base is lower |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 19 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
| From parking area just west of bend to SW. up BW but soon got confused by ATV tracks better than BW. Into forest on BW at fence corner and up to track. Esgair Ganol first then Came back via Cistfaen and Cerrig Gwaun y-llan. | PeterD | 19/07/2023 |
| A circuit of the Deweys and subs from the high level minor road going through the forest to the south west of Llangurig. Did Bryn Du first from the end of the public road at the Afon Diliw (843 773). Used the rally course road west, crossing the river, past the quarry, and just round the bend, where a ride takes one to the end of the summit ride on the left (fallen trees – but easy passage alongside through open wood). After return to the car drove the mile or so to the cattle grid (855 783). The road to mast gives quick and easy access to Llechwedd Ddu and its trig. Then for the man eating grass crossing to Cerrig Gwan y llan! Tough but made easier if the random trods are followed and one keeps to the shorter, drier areas shown by the browner patches. After bagging the Dewey, not much further to Cistfaen (s5) by going to the corner of the fence, up the ride to the crossroads, with the summit a short distance along the ride on the left. A total distance of 14km (excluding the sh | silveracorn_alan | 31/07/2022 |
| visited fire break high spot and cairn the highest pt appeared to be in clering 8657 7728 ne of .535 on os map | underhill | 23/07/2020 |
| Puzzled with this one as I went to the GR given which is a high point in a fire break with both sides sloping away into the forest. However, there is no cairn or concrete post and it is nowhere near as clear as in the photo. | clivevilla | 15/07/2017 |
| 2/7 on wet misty windy day (Glan Fedwen/Cistfaen/Esgair Ganol/Yr Allt/Llechwedd Tyn-y-Maes/Pen Dihwed/Banc Mynyddgorddu) | Fergalh | 19/03/2017 |
| Alone | Rob Pen y Garn | 02/04/2016 |
| from Glan Fedwen. | dicky | 15/06/2014 |
| petey | 19/11/2010 | |
| Dusty | 19/11/2021 | |
| AlanD | 11/10/2020 | |
| TK | 30/09/2017 | |
| stevent0809 | 26/07/2014 | |
| andrew brown | 22/06/2014 | |
| DARRENG | 22/06/2014 | |
| Steve Q | 01/06/2013 | |
| Anton | 20/04/2013 | |
| MM | 11/11/2012 | |
| MM | 04/06/2011 | |
| andrew.allum | 01/01/2000 |