Summit Register

Hewitt · Herefordshire, Powys, Wales

Black Mountain

703.6 m

2,308 ftDrop 155 mSO 255 353

Finder: 54 Hewitts in Wales

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBlack Mountain703.6Waun Fach811Mynydd Troed609Waun Rydd769.2Cefn yr Ystrad617.3
sea level2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmBlack Mountain703.6Waun Fach811Mynydd Troed609
Looking north, 7930 km wide, heights ×2420 (method).

Black Mountain is a Hewitt of 703.6 m in Herefordshire, Powys. Its drop clears the 150 m Marilyn standard by only 5 m.

It is also on the county tops list, as the highest point of its historic county. It counts towards four lists: Hewitts, Nuttalls, Marilyns and county tops. It sits below Waun Fach, only 6.7 km to the south-west and 107.4 m higher. All four of its nearest neighbours lie to the south, so it stands at the northern edge of its group. Its nearest higher summit, Rhos Dirion (713.4 m, 4.8 km south-west), is a listed top not profiled here. The highest point is recorded as no feature 12m w of path, not a cairn.

To scale

Summit703.6 mKey col549 msea level
Key col SO 235 352, 2.0 km west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

703.6 m33rd highest of 56 in Wales

Drop

155 m860th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

4.8 km352nd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Waun Fach6.7 km south-west
    811 m
  2. 2
    Mynydd Troed10.8 km south-west
    609 m
  3. 3
    Waun Rydd24.2 km south-west
    769.2 m
  4. 4
    Cefn yr Ystrad27.4 km south-west
    617.3 m
1234Waun FachMynydd TroedWaun RyddCefn yr YstradN10 km

Lists

  • 154th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 122nd highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here
  • 625th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here
  • 42nd highest of the 51 County tops profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Rhos Dirion, 713.4 m, 4.8 km south-west
Region
32A: Llandovery to Monmouth
OS map
161
Summit
No feature 12m W of path
DoBIH no.
2242
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Black Mountain

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). The highest hills in each country and county