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Hewitt · Powys, Wales

Cefn yr Ystrad

617.3 m

2,025 ftDrop 177.2 mSO 086 137

Finder: 11 Hewitts in Powys

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmCefn yr Ystrad617.3Waun Rydd769.2Pen y Fan886Fan Fawr734Mynydd Troed609
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmCefn yr Ystrad617.3Waun Rydd769.2Pen y Fan886
Looking north, 5030 km wide, heights ×1518 (method).

Cefn yr Ystrad is a Hewitt of 617.3 m in Powys. It sits below Waun Rydd, only 7.3 km to the north and 151.9 m higher.

All four of its nearest neighbours lie to the north, so it stands at the southern edge of its group. Its nearest higher summit, Allt Lwyd (653.1 m, 5.2 km north), is a listed top not profiled here. The summit is marked by a trig point.

To scale

Summit617.3 mKey col440.1 msea level
Key col SO 0524 1723, 4.9 km north-west of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

617.3 m51st highest of 56 in Wales

Drop

177.2 m767th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

5.2 km314th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Waun Rydd7.3 km north
    769.2 m
  2. 2
    Pen y Fan10.8 km north-west
    886 m
  3. 3
    Fan Fawr13.0 km north-west
    734 m
  4. 4
    Mynydd Troed17.4 km north-east
    609 m
1234Waun RyddPen y FanFan FawrMynydd TroedN5 km

Lists

  • 266th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 186th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here
  • 832nd highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Allt Lwyd, 653.1 m, 5.2 km north
Region
32A: Llandovery to Monmouth
OS map
160
Summit
Ground by trig point
DoBIH no.
2260
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Cefn yr Ystrad

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