Rhos Fawr
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Rhos Fawr is a mountain summit in the Radnor Forest (
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), a rather isolated dome of hills to the north of the village of New Radnor. The local rocks are sedimentary shales and mudstones with some
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limestone. With a height of , it is the highest point in the Radnor Forest and the historic
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of
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. 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 northwest
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, to the north Beacon Hill and the Clun Forest (
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), and to the south the Black Mountains.Nuttall, John & Anne (1999). The Mountains of England & Wales - Volume 1: Wales (2nd edition ed.). Milnthorpe, Cumbria: Cicerone. . There is a prominent
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at the summit, and a very useful
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for walkers on the broad and featureless summit plateau.


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www.geograph.co.uk : photos of Great Rhos and surrounding area
Radnor Forest Mountains and hills of Powys Marilyns of Wales Hewitts of Wales Nuttalls Highest points of Welsh counties {{UK-SSSI-stub