Rhos Fawr
Encyclopedia
Rhos Fawr or Great Rhos is a mountain
in Mid Wales
, and is the highest point on the Radnor Forest
rock dome.
The summit is located on a broad heathery plateau, which is separated from Black Mixen
: the eastern plateau summit, by the cwm of Harvey Dingle. To the west is Drygarn Fawr
and Gorllwyn
, to the north Plynlimon
, to the east Black Mixen
and to the south the Black Mountains
.
Mountain
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in Mid Wales
Mid Wales
Mid Wales is the name given to the central region of Wales. The Mid Wales Regional Committee of the National Assembly for Wales covered the counties of Ceredigion and Powys and the area of Gwynedd that had previously been the district of Meirionydd. A similar definition is used by the BBC...
, and is the highest point on the Radnor Forest
Radnor Forest
Radnor Forest is a rock dome in Mid Wales, and a forest only in the mediæval sense of an unenclosed area used for hunting . The highest point is Great Rhos or Rhos Fawr, a broad featureless plateau which reaches , and a similar plateau adjoining to the east, Black Mixen is the only Nuttall to...
rock dome.
The summit is located on a broad heathery plateau, which is separated from Black Mixen
Black Mixen
Black Mixen is a subsidiary summit of Rhos Fawr or Great Rhos, in the Radnor Forest. The summit is large peat bog plateau. The summit is marked with a cairn, and is next to a radio transmitter and its building....
: the eastern plateau summit, by the cwm of Harvey Dingle. To the west is Drygarn Fawr
Drygarn Fawr
Drygarn Fawr is a mountain in the county of Powys, Wales. It is one of the highest summits in Mid Wales standing at 645 metres above sea level. Rising above the remote moorland plateau of the Cambrian Mountains, the summit is topped by two distinctive, large cairns. The mountain has a gentle,...
and Gorllwyn
Gorllwyn
Gorllwyn is a subsidiary summit of Drygarn Fawr, located on a remote moorland plateau of the Cambrian Mountains. The summit is grassy and is surrounded by peat bog. There is a shelter cairn and a trig point....
, to the north Plynlimon
Plynlimon
Plynlimon is the highest point of the Cambrian Mountains in Wales, and the highest point in Mid Wales. It is a massif that dominates the countryside of northern Ceredigion....
, to the east Black Mixen
Black Mixen
Black Mixen is a subsidiary summit of Rhos Fawr or Great Rhos, in the Radnor Forest. The summit is large peat bog plateau. The summit is marked with a cairn, and is next to a radio transmitter and its building....
and to the south the Black Mountains
Black Mountains
There are several mountain ranges named the Black Mountains:* Black Mountains * Black Mountains * Black Mountains * Black Mountains * Black Mountains * Black Mountains...
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