Hills of Britain and Ireland

OS Map of Ysgyryd Fawr

rocks on the ridge
rocks on the ridge

29-Mar-25 • slabrador flickr

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23-Mar-25 • kevcarpward flickr

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08-Mar-25 • South Wales LDWA flickr

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08-Mar-25 • South Wales LDWA flickr

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Looking back to the clouds.
Looking back to the clouds.

The cloud inversion covered the woodland below the hill.

26-Oct-24 • m.c.g.owen flickr

skirrid fawr wales mist cloud autumn october 26th 2024 hillwalking footpath view 54104712716

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Sugar Loaf beyond the mist.

26-Oct-24 • m.c.g.owen flickr

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OS Map

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Photos

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The other photos have been geo-tagged as on or around the summit. For less busy mountains, it can be a little hit and miss.

rocks on the ridge
rocks on the ridge

29-Mar-25 • slabrador flickr

abergavenny wales unitedkingdom theskirrid skirrid hill hilltop ridge sky bannaubrycheiniog breconbeacons skirridfawr 54419879768

IMG_3489.1
IMG_3489.1

23-Mar-25 • kevcarpward flickr

54404787002

PXL_20250308_143709999~2
PXL_20250308_143709999~2

08-Mar-25 • South Wales LDWA flickr

54374722186

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a

08-Mar-25 • South Wales LDWA flickr

54374963583

Looking back to the clouds.
Looking back to the clouds.

The cloud inversion covered the woodland below the hill.

26-Oct-24 • m.c.g.owen flickr

skirrid fawr wales mist cloud autumn october 26th 2024 hillwalking footpath view 54104712716

20241026_111834
20241026_111834

Sugar Loaf beyond the mist.

26-Oct-24 • m.c.g.owen flickr

sugar loaf skirrid fawr wales mist cloud autumn october 26th 2024 hillwalking footpath view 54105322655

Little Skirrid in the clouds
Little Skirrid in the clouds

26-Oct-24 • m.c.g.owen flickr

little skirrid fawr wales mist cloud autumn october 26th 2024 hillwalking footpath view 54105461890

Looking down from the summit
Looking down from the summit

View from the summit of Skirrid Fawr of the ridge, Abergavenny is lost in the cloud bank.

26-Oct-24 • m.c.g.owen flickr

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Summit trig point
Summit trig point

26-Oct-24 • m.c.g.owen flickr

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Videos

  • Ysgyryd Fawr and Bryn Arw

    A recent walk on the eastern fringe of the Black Mountains in South Wales. I'd never been up 'The Skirrid' and, as a National Trust ...

  • Ysgyryd Fawr & The Arwallt

    Eastern Brecon Beacons walk up the hills of the Arwallt and Skirrid, from Llanvihangel Crucorney.

  • Brecon Beacons | The Skirrid / Ysgyryd Fawr

    15th September 2022. The Skirrid is a few miles from Abergavenny on the eastern edge of The Black Mountains. This walk starts ...

  • Ysgyryd Fawr | The Skirrid - the best smallish hill in Wales?
    The Walking Kev, Sun 09-Mar

    Ysgyryd Fawr | The Skirrid is a fantastic 486m hill near Abergavenny in South Wales. Only a short - but fairly steep - walk it offers ...

  • Hiking for Health - Ysgyryd Fawr & Mynydd Pen-y-Fâl | Nature is my Therapy

    This would be classed as a Quality Mountain Day (QMD). I rode the Mean Machine 19miles to get into Abergavenny to the ...

  • Notes