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| Name: | Banc y Llyn |
| Hill number: | 5267 |
| Height: | 280m / 919ft |
| Parent (Ma): | 2283 Mynydd Sylen |
| RHB Section: | 32B: Carmarthen to Vale of Neath |
| County/UA: | Carmarthenshire [Sir Gaerfyrddin] |
| Catchment: | Loughor, Catchment Boundaries |
| Class: | Hump, Tump (200-299m), Clem (Hu,Tu,2,Cm) |
| Grid ref: | SN 57966 15789 |
| Summit feature: | large cairn |
| Drop: | 129m |
| Col: | 151m SN559132  |
| OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 159 (1:25k) 178 |
| Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
| GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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| Logged Descriptions (logged by 53 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
| From small lay-by on bend. Good path, then faint path through Bracken to top. | PeterD | 21/01/2023 |
| Parked in small layby on bend at SN 5784 1564 (2 or 3 cars) - Along decent path for about 200m & then a short climb NW over bracken & heather to the summit cairn/windbreaks. (S) | gerrybowes | 09/11/2021 |
| From layby to W. Initially ROW, then path to summit (shown on OpenStreetMap). Tall bracken, with a few nettles and brambles over the path. | PGCE | 16/07/2021 |
| Walked from layby - no bracken so easy trail to follow. | Ramblingpaul | 19/11/2020 |
| from ben lay by path very overgrown preferably dont do in summer then on to TP | underhill | 17/08/2019 |
| From the layby to the west. Faint path through the bracken which petered out half way up. Not too bad but would be easier in Winter. | clivevilla | 17/10/2018 |
| From lay- by on B Road... Blowy | vegibagger | 03/01/2018 |
| Easy walk from layby on B4297, afterwards continued to trig. | Tony J | 26/02/2017 |
| Pleasant hill and nice path from pull in to SW Bitingly cold wind so didn't linger. | Mark Sims | 26/01/2017 |
| Trust the path; it seems to go beyond and below the top but a faint branch curves back round to reach the cairn | Colin Crawford | 30/06/2015 |
| Rough path from road. | rhalstead | 05/04/2015 |
| 2/9 Parked at bend on road and followed track to top like the others fine views | Fergalh | 29/01/2015 |
| Parking roadside at SN 58505 15945. Visited trig pillar first, then onto hill summit via small path (starting at SN 58265 15692) through fern/bramble etc. No path for final 75m or so; up steepish rocky, heather covered slope to summit. | jonglew | 23/06/2014 |
| park on bend on 4297. signed narrow path through chest high bracken to tumulus now made into two windbreaks. | arranc | 07/10/2013 |
| Drive by tump. Did while visiting mum on route to do 8 Tumps in an hour. Watch out for the horses on top! | steverd | 30/07/2013 |
| From SN 578 156 - winter vegetation an advantage. | summitsup | 19/02/2013 |
| Easily parked on bend to SSW. Good narrow signposted path through heather. Easy stroll. | destaylor | 02/09/2011 |
| Pretty little top - shame about the bracken | Martin R | 26/07/2011 |
| From B road to SW via overgrown path on sunny afternoon. Large ancient cairn + nearby rocks. | Dugswell2 | 01/07/2011 |
| From road to SW. | chrisbien | 10/05/2011 |
| Short stroll from the B road | tim747 | 30/04/2011 |
| Easy stroll in drizzle at dusk. Large ancient cairn on summit. Felt much higher than adjacent 273m spots at trig and to SW. There is a 280m spot height on large scale map. | chriswatson | 08/11/2010 |
| Visited on return from triangulation point. Parked on minor road by track to mast. | Dusty | 10/10/2007 |
| rough heathery summit; W summit 2-3m higher than trig. prob best from road to W: bad gorse from E | RHW | 16/08/2003 |
| Matt | 14/12/2023 | |
| Alex C | 20/09/2019 | |
| abbo0001 | 01/08/2019 | |
| ianwatson | 03/06/2019 | |
| Hetty | 11/05/2019 | |
| thenomad | 28/09/2018 | |
| TREBORK | 17/06/2018 | |
| softsquare | 13/06/2018 | |
| GaryJones | 15/09/2017 | |
| MM | 18/04/2017 | |
| KM | 18/04/2017 | |
| Adrian | 17/03/2016 | |
| Chris Peart | 30/06/2015 | |
| dicky | 12/03/2015 | |
| Campbell Singer | 31/01/2015 | |
| Alan Whatley | 06/09/2014 | |
| GordonAdshead | 21/08/2013 | |
| Anton | 04/08/2013 | |
| carole engel | 04/08/2013 | |
| Rob Pen y Garn | 23/04/2013 | |
| RobertP | 27/11/2012 | |
| mae | 04/02/2012 | |
| andrew brown | 28/08/2011 | |
| AndyS | 10/06/2011 | |
| iaindbrown | 27/10/2010 | |
| DARRENG | 14/07/2009 |