Ysgyryd Fach
Encyclopedia
Ysgyryd Fach is a hill one mile east of Abergavenny
in the county of Monmouthshire
, south Wales
. It is often referred to in English as 'Little Skirrid' or sometimes as 'Skirrid Fach'. Its summit height is just over 270m. A conifer plantation extends over much of the hill including its summit thus restricting outward views from it. The hill is considered to be one of the 'seven hills of Abergavenny'.
laid down in the Devonian period. Thin beds of calcrete, a thin limestone, occur on the hill; its very summit consists of sandstone from the Senni Beds Formation. There are few rock exposures and the lower slopes are mantled by glacial till.
Abergavenny
Abergavenny , meaning Mouth of the River Gavenny, is a market town in Monmouthshire, Wales. It is located 15 miles west of Monmouth on the A40 and A465 roads, 6 miles from the English border. Originally the site of a Roman fort, Gobannium, it became a medieval walled town within the Welsh Marches...
in the county of Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire
Monmouthshire is a county in south east Wales. The name derives from the historic county of Monmouthshire which covered a much larger area. The largest town is Abergavenny. There are many castles in Monmouthshire .-Historic county:...
, south 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 often referred to in English as 'Little Skirrid' or sometimes as 'Skirrid Fach'. Its summit height is just over 270m. A conifer plantation extends over much of the hill including its summit thus restricting outward views from it. The hill is considered to be one of the 'seven hills of Abergavenny'.
Geology
The hill is formed from mudstones of the St Maughans Formation of the Old Red SandstoneOld Red Sandstone
The Old Red Sandstone is a British rock formation of considerable importance to early paleontology. For convenience the short version of the term, 'ORS' is often used in literature on the subject.-Sedimentology:...
laid down in the Devonian period. Thin beds of calcrete, a thin limestone, occur on the hill; its very summit consists of sandstone from the Senni Beds Formation. There are few rock exposures and the lower slopes are mantled by glacial till.