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Name: | Foel Grafiau |
Hill number: | 3455 |
Height: | 528.3m / 1733ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2166 Banc Llechwedd-mawr |
RHB Section: | 31A: Aberystwyth to Welshpool |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Central Wales - Pumlumon |
County/UA: | Powys |
Catchment: | Rheidol |
Class: | Dodd (500-599m), Dewey (Tu,5,Dew) |
Grid ref: | SN 76546 92036 |
Summit feature: | no feature |
Drop: | 30.2m |
Col: | 498.1m SN 7675 9252 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 135 (1:25k) OL23W 215W |
Survey: | Abney level/Trimble GeoXH 6000 |
Comments: | De-twinned from hills 3454 and 3456, September 2014 |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 61 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
Pen y Darren (Moel Hyddgen) > Foel Las > Foel Grafiau West Top > Foel Grafiau > Foel Uchaf > Foel Fra > Creigiau Bwlch Hyddgen West Top > Creigiau Bwlch Hyddgen West Top frim GR: SN 77726 95826. Parking is really difficult where Glyndwr's Way hits the road but with Permission. parking in the farm yard of Talbontdrain which is a B&B (the husband is a member of the local MRT) | ronaldo333 | 25/11/2023 |
Pen y Darren (Moel Hyddgen) > Foel Las > Foel Grafiau West Top > Foel Grafiau > Foel Uchaf > Foel Fra > Creigiau Bwlch Hyddgen West Top > Creigiau Bwlch Hyddgen West Top frim GR: SN 77726 95826. Parking is really difficult where Glyndwr's Way hits the road but with Permission. parking in the farm yard of Talbontdrain which is a B&B (the husband is a member of the local MRT) | Hippster | 25/11/2023 |
Talbontdrain (parking:778954)- Pen yr Allt-fawr- Glyndwr's Way- old drovers' road- 767942 (S. of stream)- Pen y Darren- Foel Fras, then back onto moorland section of forest road, bridleway W at gate and up S side- pleasant despite signs of motorbike scrambling. The N ridge looked an even nicer approach but getting to its base would have been harder work. We agreed, this is the best hill and viewpoint of the three we visited on this side of the valley, even the Preseli hills in view. I had decided to take the easiest way back to the start from here, and it was clearly the forest road which has a Mach 3 ATB signpost and gives forest truck access all the way over the gap E of Banc yr Wyn, down Cwm Hengwm, to the tarmac road. We had it to ourselves today- with Pete | pwheeler | 13/09/2023 |
Dusty | 07/08/2023 | |
From parking area near memorial above Nant y Moch, followed track round to Nant y Baracs farm buildings and atv track almost to Drosgol summit. Descended NE to FB now shown on 1:25k map, and picked up another atv track shortly after starting to ascend Banc Llechwedd-mawr just before isolated house with solar panels. Circuit continued with N descent on obvious path through bog to Hyddgen, then to Bryn Moel, Foel Fras and Foel Grafiau. Picked up empty beer/pop cans on latter, perhaps left by those who created the wide, scarring biker tracks on the west side of the hill? Returned to car SW through woods. | richard69 | 20/10/2022 |
An anticlockwise circuit of 8 Deweys from 723909, generally following GB's detailed guidance, but with deviations onto an additional 7 nearby minor peaks. Mostly easy going on grass and forest tracks in a nice remote area, but some tussocky areas. Visited summits in the following order: Banc yr Wyn, Foel Grafiau West Top, Foel Grafiau, Foel Uchaf, Foel Fras, Creigiau Bwlch Hyddgen, Pen y Darren, Pen Creigiau'r Llan North Top, Pen Creigiau'r Llan, Esgair Fraith, Banc Bwlchygarreg East Top, Banc Bwlchygarreg, Moel y llyn, Banc Bwlchygarreg West Top, and Bryn Maw (after dropping the rucksack in the car). A total distance of 24 km, with 1050m ascent, taking 8 hours. | silveracorn_alan | 10/04/2022 |
Parked at 779954 for a circuit of 10 Tumps. Tracks and sheep paths, plus a fair amount of pathless terrain. 7/10 | PGCE | 13/08/2021 |
Short diversion from grassy quad track over wild sheep pasture under low cloud. Onto Foel Fras. | Denise | 15/05/2021 |
5th summit on clockwise round of 7 Tumps starting with Clipyn Du and ending on Pen y Darren. An excellent walk in wild and remote country. Terrain generally OK with some good tracks to help one along. A pleasingly smooth grassy outline of a hill. | RichardM | 15/05/2021 |
from banc y wyn via west top on to foel uchaf | underhill | 01/03/2021 |
From Cwmyrhaiadr along track to join Glyndwr's Way, picking up the two intermediate Deweys and the two Subdodds. | Galltywenallt | 05/03/2020 |
johnbarnard25 | 05/03/2020 | |
Car at 778951. Forestry trails and BW. | Moorponder | 19/10/2018 |
Third of seven Dewey's on a walk of around 20 miles from the memorial west of Drosgol taking seven and a half hours. Route first took in Drosgol and Banc Llechwedd mawr then after this top went onto Foel Fras, Pen y Darren, Pen Creigiau'r Llan and Banc yr Wyn. | WAYNE ROWLETT | 26/05/2018 |
TK | 27/10/2017 | |
The 2nd top of an anticlockwise circuit of 8 Deweys, starting with Banc yr Wyn & finishing on Moel y Llyn. From Banc yr Wyn, back to junction at 739911, along road & track to footbridge over Afon Llechwedd-mawr at 751915 & then straightforward ascent to unmarked summit. Continued to Foel Fras. (PM? | gerrybowes | 04/07/2017 |
From the west top to meet GB. | bolton | 04/07/2017 |
5/13 (Banc Bwlchygarreg/Banc Yrwyn/Esgair Fraith/Foel Grafiau West Top/Foel Grafiau/Bryn Moel/Mynydd Bychan/Foel Uchaf/Foel Fras/Creigiau Bwlch Hyddgen/Pen Y Darren (Moel Hydden)/Pen Creigiau'r Llan North Top/Pen Creigiau'r Llan) | Fergalh | 13/05/2017 |
Nice walk round from the forest south to Drosgol via an almost impassible ROW which is an old leat. Then up the slope on better ground. Dropped down to the ruin of Drosgol Farm, then over the bridge and up Banc Llechwedd Fawr, then north past Hyddgen, Bryn Moel, Foel Graffiau and Foel Fras before dropping down onto a heavily eroded bridleway back to the car. | Neolith | 11/05/2017 |
Parking to west at SN 72323 90960. Track (drivable for a lot of the way) to bridge over the Afon Llechwedd-mawr then grass to the top. | Alan Moore | 08/04/2017 |
Parked in passing place/layby near to where Glyndwr's Way leaves the no through road at 775960. Round of Pen y Darren, Creigiau Bwlch Hyddgen, Foel Fras, Foel Uchaf, Foel Grafiau, FG W.Top, Bryn Moel and Mynydd Bychan. | clivevilla | 24/03/2017 |
MM | 02/10/2015 | |
KM | 02/10/2015 | |
Steve Q | 01/08/2015 | |
Alex C | 01/08/2015 | |
Parked at old mines then off in a counter clockwise loop through Ban yr Wyn (out and back), Foel Grafiau, Foel Fras, Moel Hyddgen, Pen Creigiau'r Llan, Banc Bwlchygarreg, West Top (Or East Top of next), Moel y Llyn then returned past old level after missing higher row. Note new footbridge just north of ford before Lluest-y-rhos (noticed after fording it). Open ground to south of Pen Creigiau'r Llan (shown as forest) but need to negotiate barbed wire. Overcast all day. | SS | 17/05/2015 |
Alan Whatley | 27/12/2014 | |
A little more shape than Foel Fras next door. | arranc | 05/08/2014 |
mae | 26/07/2014 | |
stevent0809 | 26/05/2014 | |
Continuation of walk from Foel Fras. Followed track south to bwlch, then west over fence (not barbed) to summit. Best hill of the three 529m ones for shapeliness and views. Descended west to 493m top, then descended down to Llyn Penrhaeadr. Then narrow cliff path besides falls and down into fine remote cwm. Then north by boggy RoW back to Cwmyrhaiadr. | Man of Kernow1 | 18/05/2014 |
wychwood | 05/05/2014 | |
chalky1953 | 25/08/2013 | |
from track that runs N to S at area around 768 922. Easy ones apart from odd fence. | dicky | 13/07/2013 |
iaindbrown | 08/04/2013 | |
kanderson | 05/03/2013 | |
On round with 3454. | destaylor | 09/08/2012 |
Andy West | 26/07/2012 | |
MikeM | 25/11/2011 | |
Martin R | 30/08/2011 | |
From B&B at SN 777 958. | summitsup | 23/07/2011 |
DARRENG | 14/06/2011 | |
Start ~ 775962. From Foel Fras. | steve hudson | 20/10/2010 |
wombourne | 20/10/2010 | |
Rob Pen y Garn | 27/06/2010 | |
bogdodger | 17/04/2010 | |
GeoffC | 07/08/2009 | |
carole engel | 25/05/2009 | |
Anton | 25/05/2009 | |
petey | 27/09/2008 |