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The Brecon Beacons National Park was established in 1957, [15] the third of the three Welsh parks after Snowdonia in 1951 [16] and the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park in 1952. [17] It covers an area of 519 square miles (1,340 km 2 ), which is much larger than the Brecon Beacons range.
The Brecon Beacons National Park was established in 1957, [27] the third of the three Welsh parks after Snowdonia in 1951 [28] and the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park in 1952. [29] It covers an area of 519 square miles (1,340 km 2 ), which is much larger than the Brecon Beacons range.
Pen y Fan (Welsh pronunciation: [ˌpɛn ə ˈvan]) is the highest peak in South Wales, situated in Brecon Beacons National Park (Bannau Brycheiniog). At 886 metres (2,907 ft) above sea-level, it is also the highest British peak south of Cadair Idris in Snowdonia.
Llyn Cwm Llwch (Welsh: [ɬɪn kʊm ɬuːχ]) is a small lake or pool in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Powys, Wales.It is between 1 and 2 acres: much smaller than the two glacial lakes in the west of the Black Mountain (range): Llyn y Fan Fawr and Llyn y Fan Fach, and one of the few natural bodies of water in the park.
Fan Fawr (Welsh for 'great peak') is a mountain in the Fforest Fawr section of the Brecon Beacons National Park, in Powys, Wales and over 734 m (2,408 ft) high. [1] The summit overlooks the steep eastern face and is marked by a cairn. Unusually, the trig point on this hill does not sit at the summit but 600 m to the south-west on a subsidiary spur.
This list shows the many prehistoric sites in Brecknockshire (also historically known as Breconshire, and not including those parts that are no longer in Powys). Brecknockshire is the southern third of Powys, and encompasses parts of the Brecon Beacons National Park, including the larger part of the Black Mountains and all of Mynydd Epynt.
Fan Hir is a peak at the eastern end of the Black Mountain (Y Mynydd Du) in the Brecon Beacons National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog) in southern Wales. It is a subsidiary summit of Fan Brycheiniog. It falls within the county of Powys and is also a part of the traditional area of Fforest Fawr.
Llyn y Fan Fach (Welsh meaning "little lake (near) the peak") [1] is a lake of approximately 10 hectares (25 acres) on the northern margin of the Black Mountain in Carmarthenshire, South Wales and lying within the Brecon Beacons National Park.