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Name: | Caer Fawr |
Hill number: | 15042 |
Height: | 392m / 1286ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2195 Carneddau |
RHB Section: | 31B: Welshpool to Hay-on-Wye |
County/UA: | Powys |
Catchment: | Wye |
Class: | Tump (300-399m) (Tu,3) |
Grid ref: | SO 05823 53090 |
Summit feature: | slabby outcrop |
Drop: | 36m |
Col: | 356m SO059535 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 147 (1:25k) 200E |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 36 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
Layby on A481 through Llanelwedd Quarry to Caer Fawr, Carneddau S Top, Carneddau SW Top & Carneddau SE Top. All missed in a former life when I just did the Marilyn. Then lanes, etc to Perthi Common and back. | TK | 05/01/2024 |
From lay-by on A481 to east. Up road past Pentre and Ty Rhiwlas and then BW to access land. Clockwise round of the Carneddau tops with an out and back to Caer Fawr. | PeterD | 29/11/2023 |
Circular hike - layby on A481 close to junction with B4567 - past Llanelwedd quarries - pass foot of Caer Fawr (392m) - pass standing stone - cairn 1 on South Top (432m) - South West Top trig point (436m) - cairn 2 on Carneddau (445m) - hillfort - Cwm-berwyn - past standing stone - Llanelwedd quarries - layby on A481. Total distance: 9.3 miles | manilena | 25/11/2023 |
Same parking and route as Mark Jackson below, apart from initial ascent via Pen y waun and Carneddau ascent via Pantgwin. Very pleasant and enjoyable day with good weather. Picked bilberries for later on Aberedw Hill. With Gillian | richard69 | 09/08/2023 |
Layby at A481/B4567 junction - Rhiw Rhwstyn - Aberedw Hill - Aberedw Hill N Top - Pentre - Carneddau - Carneddau SW Top - Carneddau S Top - Caer Fawr - Maengowan - layby. 11 miles, 4.5 hours. Very hot. | Mark Jackson | 24/06/2023 |
With Carneddau South and South West Tops from Rhiwglas. Grass tracks all the way. Fast walking. Temperature inversion. Delightful walking area. | Campbell Singer | 22/04/2023 |
En route to Alex’ 400 th Marilyn. Sunny and windy . Great views. From Builth Wells | Denise | 19/03/2022 |
A round of Caer Fawr and the three Carneddau 400m P30m tops with AC, DM, RM, TJ, RW and AR, celebrating Alex's 400th Marilyn on the highest. From Builth Wells. 15.1km, with 645m of ascent. | Man of Kernow1 | 19/03/2022 |
4 Carneddau tops revisited on a sunny windy day, celebrating Alex's 400th Marilyn. From SW, Llanelwedd, P Burger King | RHW | 19/03/2022 |
Grassy summit crossed by outcropping rock band. Cloudless skies, bright sunshine and strong E wind. | RichardM | 19/03/2022 |
1/5 Parked in lay-by on A481 (SO 074530) and up lane to Rhiwlas for a clockwise tour of the five tops. Lovely walking on springy turf on a very fine day. | milimana | 19/09/2020 |
Up the quarry track then footpath to Caer Fawr, taking a re-route around Maengowan Farm due to Covid-19 request from owner. From here a clockwise circuit of Carneddau South Top, SW Top, Main Top and SE Top, returning along the main footpath through these lovely and easy underfoot hills. | summitter | 17/09/2020 |
parked by gate n of the banks as per Gill, Marilyn. fort, se top, s top, cae fawr return via sw top/trig | underhill | 23/08/2020 |
Parked at SO 08142 53964 on the bend on the verge on the minor road. Did a circuit of Carneddau SE Top, Carneddau S Top, Carneddau SW Top and Caer Fawr. About 1 hour 45 mins. All fairly straightforward with no difficulties. | clivevilla | 05/03/2019 |
After Carneddau S top, followed the fence, standing stone, a few fences. | DanMaisieBex | 17/02/2019 |
Fifth and final summit. Anticlockwise walk with Iain Brown over Carneddau plateau of 5 tumps | vegibagger | 31/12/2018 |
Parked at SO05205193 (could have parked further up the track).Pleasant amble round Caer Fawr (first) then Carneddau South Top, Carneddau SW Top and finally Carneddau SE Top. Finished off with Caer Einion P15+. Delightful. | summitsup | 29/10/2017 |
From roundabout/ quarry entrance via bridleway. | Moorponder | 07/10/2017 |
Up from the Royal Welsh Showground. | Andrew Pearson | 23/04/2017 |
Approaching from the NE this was the most straightforward summit of the day - a good path that was bracken free. | JohnStoneham | 06/09/2014 |
From SSW. Drove first part of access road and parked just above quarry entrance, no problems but NB quarry is live and road quite busy Sat pm. Maybe best (and easier!) to drive up steep roughish tarmac access road and park before Maengowan farm (which is organic according to a welcome sign visible on way down!) | RHW | 26/07/2014 |
thefunkylibrarian | 15/04/2023 | |
Alex C | 19/03/2022 | |
Andy West | 01/06/2021 | |
Steve Q | 18/04/2021 | |
Rob Rees | 13/03/2020 | |
Dusty | 03/11/2019 | |
iaindbrown | 31/12/2018 | |
outlawcatcher | 10/10/2018 | |
Rob Rees | 11/05/2018 | |
TREBORK | 18/09/2016 | |
iaindbrown | 28/02/2015 | |
thenomad | 15/09/2010 | |
Tony J | 08/07/2006 | |
andrew.allum | 01/01/2000 | |
AlanD | 10/04/1982 |