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Name: | Mynydd Maen [Mynydd Twyn-glas] |
Hill number: | 2292 |
Height: | 472m / 1549ft |
RHB Section: | 32C: Neath to Chepstow |
County/UA: | Caerphilly, Torfaen |
Catchment: | Usk |
Class: | Marilyn, Hump, Tump (400-499m), Clem (Ma,Hu,Tu,4,Cm) |
Grid ref: | ST 26001 97850 |
Summit feature: | knoll 35m N of trig point |
Drop: | 253m |
Col: | 219m ST227988 |
OS map sheet(s): | (1:50k) 171 (1:25k) 152 |
Observations: | knoll is 50cm higher than base of trig point; knoll 30m WNW of trig point is 30cm higher; trig point is at ST 25996 97816 |
Survey: | Abney level |
Change log: | show changes for this hill entry |
GPS data: | show GPS entries for this hill |
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Logged Descriptions (logged by 276 users, only the latest 50 shown - Show all) | By | Date of Ascent |
SOTA | mike.hartley | 11/02/2024 |
As others, parked in the large parking area off the minor road bend to the W and followed the track up to the trig and hp. Lovely cold clear evening. Descended in the dark disturbing the cows on the track. Solo. | richard69 | 27/11/2023 |
From large parking area at bend in road to the west. Good road all the way to the trig. High point nearby on heather mound. With Jill. | Dangerous Dave | 06/11/2023 |
With Ian, Alan, Richard and Milo. | Munroist3935 | 08/10/2023 |
Cambrian Way Day 2 (detour) | benwloudon | 12/02/2023 |
On a visit to Cwmbran so I planned a nice little 13mi run incorporating visits to the summits of Twmbarlwm, Medart and Mynydd Twyn-glas. Parked at Henllys Nature Reserve (free parking) and made my way up from there. 
 
Twmbarlwm the easiest of the three summits to find; Mynydd Twyn-glas also has a trig point and not to challenging; Medart doesn't really have anything distinguishable, and there's an artificial raised bit near the summit. 
 
All in all it was a lovely route in the hills! | ewangibb87 | 11/11/2022 |
From Cwmynyscoi, my local trig | davecnash | 28/06/2022 |
From bend in road to west. Enginners in gas compoundnear the summit had left thegate unlocked. The track is particularyrough on feet. Great views | cjo | 26/06/2022 |
Parked just after cattle grid 235980 up track to transmitters, walked between them up to a small pile of rocks then left up to abandoned building, back across to trig and return | Tribal2er | 11/04/2022 |
With KeithbyTheC. 10.1m circuit across Mynydd Twyn Glas and around the ridge to Twmbarlwm. Easy walking, under 4hrs moving time. | JulieB | 22/03/2022 |
From Cwmcarn. Up steadily rising RUPP heading NE on to Cefn Rhyswg. Then along SE edge of forest on gently rising track. | KeithByTheC | 22/03/2022 |
Revisit after 1998 … run with Pauline from Cwmbran joining up bit of Cambrian Way | milejunkie | 10/12/2021 |
Parked near cattle grid on minor road to W. My 100th Marilyn! | paulhilder | 05/12/2021 |
Sirhowy Valley Country Park - Mynydd y Lan - Cwmcarn - Cefn Rhyswg - Mynydd Twyn-glas - Twmbarlwm - Mynydd Machen - Sirhowy Valley | davidpettit84 | 20/11/2021 |
Quick stroll 2.5 k along 4WD track from west, watched by cows as light faded and fireworks banged under starry skies. HP near trig in heather. One of my last Welsh Marilyns. | Denise | 07/11/2021 |
Along track from the parking area by cattle grid to the west. | Winterfloodian | 29/08/2021 |
Run up Cwm Gwyddon. | TedCymru | 10/04/2021 |
Walked up from Risca via Twmbarlwm, unusual barrelling north easterly wind. Followed track up to pylons and trig point, bit of a trudge but great views from top | Maedhros2 | 18/09/2020 |
From track end parking to west. Up on track following the Pylons, nice views | N.Morters | 24/08/2020 |
With M and X from the eastern car park to avoid the pylons. Had lunch just before the mast. Chilly wind but warmed up on way down. Nice hill despite the usual South Wales trail bike scars and the haze which limited the views somewhat. | Herbert Anchovy | 09/08/2020 |
from car park then east and on to mast tracks, raining no viz no views | underhill | 18/06/2020 |
Lockdown exercise. Walked up from Cwmbran via incline, old colliery and walked along the ridge. Beautiful day | Bracken | 19/04/2020 |
3/5 From W in thick mist. Some bikers. Found headtorch. | Rounsfell | 25/01/2020 |
From Mountain road to the East, up to the mast then tracks to top. | NormanW | 06/10/2019 |
Cwmbran - Mynydd Twyn-glas - Griffithstown. | Mark Jackson | 05/10/2019 |
10.45 gentle stroll up from where I kipped the night above upper Cwmbran where a gorgeous waning gibbous moon rose shortly after I arrived. | vegibagger | 21/07/2019 |
1/3 Pylons. Extremely clear evening so cracking views from the trig. | penbet | 27/06/2019 |
Walk up from Cwmbran station via a walk along the canal to Sebastopol then up the eastern end of the hill. Nice views of Pen y Fan and the central Beacons, although the flat summit lacks much drama itself. From here I had a pleasant walk south along the ridge to Twmbarlwm hillfort (well worth the visit) before dropping down to Risca to get a bus back to Newport. | thesweetcheat | 01/06/2019 |
Parked in car-park - keep an eye out for motorbikes on the hill. | Stevooo | 26/05/2019 |
Decided to avoid the stony track by setting off across the common, where I came across a 'Boundary of Minerals'stone before finding Gill's benchmark close to the masts. | SteveG | 10/01/2019 |
Parked at Mountain Air car park and followed path up. Great views and beautiful day for it. | Hippy77 | 18/11/2018 |
Dry but a bit chilly - icy puddles on the track above Cwmbran. | Speleoprez | 30/10/2018 |
Easy hike up from the east, starting from car park a short distance above an open gate to the west of the road. | Topographer57 | 02/10/2018 |
Parked at the Corner and followed the very stony track - can be avoided by walking on the grass. Not a very inspiring hill but apart from trail bikers only saw one dog walker | climbingkershaw | 15/09/2018 |
From cattle grid along track - gate was open so could have driven virtually all the way. Overcast. | SS | 15/08/2018 |
Parking on the carp park on Mountain Road to the E then easy climb along well marked path. Great views on the way up. Pillar in good condition, great views at the summit, not a soul around :) Clem, Hump, Marilyn, Pedwar, P30 Tump. | griefmiester | 01/08/2018 |
Followed the pylons up the hill. Counted my way up on a very hot day. Reckoned they are about 100 yards apart. Last bit of path chalky/sandy. | elizyanne | 14/07/2018 |
1/3 Parked by cattle grid to the west and then followed the track by the pylons. Just one brief appearance by a trail bike and one dog walker, otherwise just us, the sheep and the skylarks. More enjoyable than expected given some previous comments. | milimana | 17/05/2018 |
4/4 Marilyn day. The Ascent of Mynydd Twyn-glas from the Mountain Road, Upper Cwmbran. 4km in 1 hour. (S) | silveracorn_alan | 08/05/2018 |
P | Pip56 | 16/03/2018 |
From Twmbarlwm north along the ridge path/track across Mynydd Maen to the buildings west of the summit, then east up the path to the trig pillar | Mariana Trench | 11/03/2018 |
An apocalyptic Marilyn? An unpleasant and tedious walk on a stony track alongside a row of pylons, past two masts, and serenaded by the dulcet tones of gaggles of trail bikes. The most exciting part was spotting a benchmark on what appears to be an ancient standing stone. | Gill | 28/01/2018 |
Along track and pylons from west - easy parking at road corner | Mark Sims | 10/01/2018 |
Otis | Glenford | 07/01/2018 |
From car park in Upper Cwmbran via reservoir. | lenman | 28/12/2017 |
With TJB from car parking to west via easy tracks | trimarc2 | 15/11/2017 |
2/8M parking to the west good track all the way to the top. | robertphillips | 09/11/2017 |
Laborious progress up from the east in the dark, wind and rain slip-sliding about trying to dodge the puddles and not really succeeding. | Alex C | 30/09/2017 |
Pleasant walk up from the East. Apart from nearly getting run over by some idiot in a trail bike it was a good hill. Fine views South to the Severn estuary. | isabelle | 19/08/2017 |
Met a public spirited gentleman on top, painting the trig pillar white. | ngthack | 10/04/2017 |