Rhos Dirion
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Rhos Dirion is a top of Waun Fach
in the Black Mountains
in south-eastern Wales
. It is the highest point on the Rhos Dirion - Chwarel y Fan
ridge.
The summit is marked by a trig point
and crowns an area of peat bog, heather and long grasses. Its northern face is precipitous.
Waun Fach
Waun Fach is the highest mountain in the Black Mountains in south-eastern Wales. It is one of the three Marilyns over 600m that make up the range, the others being Black Mountain and Mynydd Troed. To the north Rhos Fawr and the Radnor Forest can be seen.It is situated at the head of the Grwyne...
in the Black Mountains
Black Mountains, Wales
The Black Mountains are a group of hills spread across parts of Powys and Monmouthshire in southeast Wales, and extending across the national border into Herefordshire, England. They are the easternmost of the four ranges of hills that comprise the Brecon Beacons National Park, and are frequently...
in south-eastern Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
. It is the highest point on the Rhos Dirion - Chwarel y Fan
Chwarel y Fan
Chwarel y Fan is a peak in the Black Mountains in south-eastern Wales. It is the highest rise on the long ridge which extends southeastwards from Rhos Dirion. The ridge continues southeastwards to the lesser summit of Bal-Mawr whose top is adorned by a trig point at 607m above sea level.The summit...
ridge.
The summit is marked by a trig point
Trig point
A triangulation station, also known as a triangulation pillar, trigonometrical station, trigonometrical point, trig station, trig beacon or trig point, and sometimes informally as a trig, is a fixed surveying station, used in geodetic surveying and other surveying projects in its vicinity...
and crowns an area of peat bog, heather and long grasses. Its northern face is precipitous.