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Name: | Cadair Fawr |
Hill number: | 5253 |
Height: | 485m / 1591ft |
Parent (Ma): | 2237 Fan Fawr |
RHB Section: | 32A: Llandovery to Monmouth |
Nuttall/Wainwright area: | Brecon Beacons |
County/UA: | Rhondda Cynon Taff |
Catchment: | Catchment Boundaries, Neath, Taff |
Watershed: | Severn Estuary, Swansea Bay |
Class: | Hump, Tump (400-499m), Clem (Hu,Tu,4,Cm) |
Grid ref: | SN 97794 12314 |
Summit feature: | no feature: ground 5m SE of trig point |
Drop: | 120m |
Col: | 365m SN981134 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 160 (1:25k) OL12E |
Survey: | Abney level |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 79 users) | By | Date of Ascent |
From the road to Penderyn at SN 97831 13062. Up the track to the quarry, then on to the trig on the summit by various sheep tracks. Descended east of the quarry to make a loop walk. 2km, with 110m of ascent. | Man of Kernow1 | 06/06/2023 |
12 mile run loop from Llwyn Onn dam taking in Cadair Fawr, Fan Cynffon Ysgyfarnog And Garn Ddu … taking advantage of the dry bouncy ground | milejunkie | 20/07/2022 |
Easy bag from old quarry lane up easy grassy slopes to summit. Nice views of the bigger hills north. First hill of the day. Afterwards we drove around to and bagged Moel Penderyn, Foel Fynyddau and Mynydd Dinas. | DanTrig | 05/07/2022 |
Circular hike from layby south-east of Llwyn Onn reservoir on Cwm Dyry/Coed Pen-pont - Pant y Gadair - Cadair Fawr (with a trig point) - Blaen-cadlan-uchaf. Parking: Layby on the east side of the reservoir | manilena | 11/02/2022 |
Easy parking to side of old quarry track at SN 9783 1306 - Zigzag up to the large quarries & then a pleasant ascent to trig point & summit. Enjoyable walking over limestone with much short, sheep grazed grass & animal trods across the rougher stuff. A good hill! (S) | gerrybowes | 10/11/2021 |
Pleasant walk in thick hill fog from top of minor road to the south. | Rob Rees | 08/11/2021 |
O'r Ffordd. | sionbrit | 25/09/2021 |
Circular walk from Llwyn-On Reservoir. Penmoelallt, Mynydd-y-glog and Cadair Fawr. | Arbie | 17/11/2020 |
First day hike in ages, wet but very good to be out. | Bannor | 14/08/2020 |
From the parking area below the quarry, meandered up via various paths / sheep tracks to the area around the trig pillar | Mariana Trench | 02/08/2020 |
From the quarry. | PGCE | 06/02/2020 |
Parked on main road at 97917 13097, zigzagged a little up a track and then made straight for the trig. Good hill. | clivevilla | 29/07/2019 |
From quarry, lots of animal tracks helped give access to the top and Trig. | PeterD | 22/07/2018 |
cadair fawr, evening walk with pt 458 and cefn cadlan | underhill | 21/04/2018 |
With Adrian Rayner. Fine weather | vegibagger | 01/01/2018 |
First hill of the year, with Charles Everett | Adrian | 01/01/2018 |
Snow almost visibly melted this morning in the time it took me to climb this hill. | Alex C | 29/12/2017 |
With K and A. Parked at quarry track to north on county boundary. Pleasant largely unvisited hill. | Ashley | 09/12/2016 |
Parked in the quarry entrance and ascended in the dark, by headtorch, luckily it was short dry grass which made for a pleasant ascent. | Chris Peart | 14/02/2016 |
From A4059, a short slog to the trig point. | Ramblingpaul | 20/10/2015 |
From quarry entrance, easy walk on rough grass to trig | Colin Crawford | 03/07/2015 |
6/7 Short walk up from quarry below. Fine views of Pen y Fan in snow | Fergalh | 14/03/2015 |
Pony tracks to top. | arranc | 27/07/2014 |
Approached from main road to west via quarry with a group of painfully slow DoE kids. Gave them a lesson in triangulation at the top. | Father Ted | 14/07/2014 |
From disused Quarry enterance, up and down on sheep tracks. | rhalstead | 11/01/2014 |
Verge parking at entrance to track at SN 97823 13056 (371m). Followed track to west end of quarry then beeline over rough grass to summit. | David Gradwell | 17/08/2013 |
SN9779212316 | Anton | 10/05/2013 |
Parked at 977 130 (small space at entrance to long disused quarry on E side of A road, just by the county boundary signs - room for 3 cars at least). Short walk to SE on short grass and no nasties. Fab views of the Beacons, I was lucky there was still some snow. | dicky | 06/04/2013 |
Parked at edge of the forest to the SE of the HuMP. Walked NW over rough ground littered with shake holes to the summit. Lots of wild(?) ponies in the area. Returned E and SE to the Llyn-on Reservoir and then along the minor road. | jonglew | 16/02/2013 |
Nice yomp over dry sheepy grass. | Martin R | 30/07/2011 |
From the main road to the NW. Lovely grassy hill. | destaylor | 13/05/2010 |
Route: From Cwm Cadlan Road. Warm | Chris Williams | 24/05/2009 |
walked from Llwyn on village and over pant y gadair then headed over boggy ground to the trig pillar | hodder | 13/12/2007 |
pleasant limest hill; decent moorland view. from quarry entrance to N | RHW | 05/01/2003 |
Day 4 - Mynydd y Garn, Cadair Fawr (485), Mynnydd y Glog (389), Onllwyn forrest (419), 
Final day. | PGT1975 | 11/07/1999 |
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ianwatson | 10/05/2022 | |
abbo0001 | 14/07/2021 | |
amarillo-oro-como | 28/12/2019 | |
asbown | 02/08/2019 | |
joshua | 03/05/2019 | |
outlawcatcher | 10/10/2018 | |
Kiltie | 19/05/2018 | |
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GaryJones | 27/01/2017 | |
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Edwin Gradwell | 17/08/2013 | |
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Tony J | 20/12/2009 | |
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