Summit Register

Hewitt · Powys, Wales

Cadair Berwyn

832 m

2,730 ftDrop 347 mSJ 071 323

Finder: 11 Hewitts in Powys

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmCadair Berwyn832Foel Cedig667.5Foel Goch611Esgeiriau Gwynion669.9Aran Fawddwy905.6
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmCadair Berwyn832Foel Cedig667.5Foel Goch611
Looking north, 6743 km wide, heights ×1725 (method).

Cadair Berwyn is a Hewitt of 832 m in Powys. It is also on the county tops list, as the highest point of its historic county.

Its closest neighbour in this register, Foel Cedig, is 9.8 km away. It counts towards four lists: Hewitts, Nuttalls, Marilyns and county tops. It stands 164.5 m above its nearest neighbour, Foel Cedig, 9.8 km to the south-west. Of the register hills in Powys, only Pen y Fan stands higher. All four of its nearest neighbours lie to the west, so it stands at the eastern edge of its group. It shares its height of 832 m with Purple Mountain. On the Hewitts height ladder it sits between Purple Mountain (832 m) and High Street (828.5 m). Its nearest higher summit, Pen-aran (840 m, 21.6 km west), is a listed top not profiled here. The highest point is recorded as rocky outcrop, not a cairn.

To scale

Summit832 mKey col485 mdrop 347 msea level
Key col SJ 016 305, 5.8 km west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

832 m13th highest of 56 in Wales

Drop

347 m352nd of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

21.6 km60th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Foel Cedig9.8 km south-west
    667.5 m
  2. 2
    Foel Goch15.4 km north-west
    611 m
  3. 3
    Esgeiriau Gwynion20.2 km south-west
    669.9 m
  4. 4
    Aran Fawddwy23.1 km south-west
    905.6 m
1234Foel CedigFoel GochAran FawddwyN10 km

Lists

  • 48th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 38th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here
  • 351st highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here
  • 23rd highest of the 51 County tops profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Pen-aran, 840 m, 21.6 km west
Region
30E: Bala to Welshpool
OS map
125
Summit
Rocky outcrop
DoBIH no.
2087
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Cadair Berwyn

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). What prominence (drop) means, with real figures