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| Name: | Mynydd y Gaer |
| Hill number: | 15718 |
| Height: | 295m / 968ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2288 Craig y Llyn |
| RHB Section: | 32C: Neath to Chepstow |
| County/UA: | Bridgend |
| Catchment: | Ogmore |
| Class: | Tump (200-299m) (Tu,2) |
| Grid ref: | SS 95372 85821 |
| Summit feature: | ground 2m N of trig point |
| Drop: | 39m |
| Col: | 256m SS974860  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 170 (1:25k) 151W |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 29 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
| Same as everyone else but no view because of thick fog. Paths churned to mud and a lot of beer cans. | Martin R | 18/11/2023 |
| While walking the glamorgan ridgeway footpath, a quick diversion up the mountain. Lovely views the raised area near by has course grass on it. Then carried on to blackmill. | hodder | 27/05/2022 |
| O Heol-y-Cyw | sionbrit | 09/09/2020 |
| Run from home to Tonpentre train back | milejunkie | 09/04/2019 |
| Ran out of daylight so headtorch and GPS combination. Parked to the east and followed excellent paths to top. Great views of Bridgend by candlelight. An adventure at the end of a tough day. Bridgend completed. | Campbell Singer | 12/12/2018 |
| Used the Ogwr Ridgeway Path from the east. Excellent path which was just as well as it was pitch dark. (Dad wanted to complete Bridgend!) | Jemma Singer | 12/12/2018 |
| From east on a cold day. Good track to HP and trig. | PeterD | 25/02/2018 |
| Walked up from car park to the East. | Pip56 | 31/08/2017 |
| From minor road to east. | clivevilla | 25/08/2017 |
| A blustery walk along the ridge from the east with the family to bag this top and trig point. | Father Ted | 14/04/2017 |
| Parked at cattle grid and followed track on the common all the way to the trig. Surprised to find a toppled trig close by and a burnt out car. | thejackrustles | 05/03/2016 |
| Bagged on a linear railway ramble from Sarn to Llanharan. | liljonb | 07/01/2016 |
| from glynogwr, pfs to ridgeway walk then, Mynydd y gaer, Mynydd Maendy, Mynydd Portreff Trig and Mynydd garthmaelog stoped at Mynydd meiros for break good views good Devon, valleys and Beacons | underhill | 02/08/2015 |
| Second visit, with Doug and Chris | Colin Crawford | 02/07/2015 |
| A lovely common plus two trigs and a P40 with Chris Peart and Colin Crawford. | Dugswell2 | 02/07/2015 |
| Across common from car park at SS968859. Clump of grass 2m north of trig point is higher than trig base. | Ramblingpaul | 11/02/2015 |
| From roadside car park to E on good moorland tracks. Visited to bag the 2 trig pillars. | jonglew | 09/02/2013 |
| RHW | 29/01/2006 | |
| salen | 10/12/2023 | |
| kanderson | 14/11/2023 | |
| salen | 19/02/2023 | |
| Alex C | 04/09/2022 | |
| asbown | 29/07/2019 | |
| ngthack | 21/08/2018 | |
| Adrian | 20/06/2018 | |
| TREBORK | 17/09/2015 | |
| Chris Peart | 02/07/2015 | |
| Dusty | 29/04/2010 | |
| Colin Crawford | 06/08/1999 |