Summit Register

Marilyn · Neath Port Talbot, Wales

Craig y Llyn

600 m

1,969 ftDrop 393 mSN 906 031

Finder: 56 Marilyns in Wales

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmCraig y Llyn600Fan Nedd663Fan Gyhirych726.1Fan Fawr734Fan Brycheiniog – Twr y Fan Foel802.5
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmCraig y Llyn600Fan Nedd663Fan Gyhirych726.1
Looking north, 6045 km wide, heights ×1827 (method).

Craig y Llyn is a Marilyn of 600 m in Neath Port Talbot. It is also on the county tops list, as the highest point of its historic county.

Its closest neighbour in this register, Fan Nedd, is 15.3 km away. All four of its nearest neighbours are higher, up to Fan Brycheiniog – Twr y Fan Foel at 802.5 m. It is the lowest of the 56 hills profiled in Wales. All four of its nearest neighbours lie to the north, so it stands at the southern edge of its group. On the Marilyns height ladder it sits between Black Combe (600.2 m) and Blake Fell (572.6 m). The summit is marked by a trig point.

To scale

Summit600 mKey col206.6 mdrop 393 msea level
Key col SN 9412 0642, 4.8 km north-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

600 m56th highest of 56 in Wales

Drop

393 m296th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

15.3 km92nd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Fan Nedd15.3 km north
    663 m
  2. 2
    Fan Gyhirych16.2 km north
    726.1 m
  3. 3
    Fan Fawr17.4 km north
    734 m
  4. 4802.5 m
1234Fan NeddFan FawrFan BrycheiniogN10 km

Lists

  • 872nd highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here
  • 51st highest of the 51 County tops profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Fan Nedd, 663 m, 15.3 km north
Region
32C: Neath to Chepstow
OS map
170
Summit
Trig point
DoBIH no.
2288
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Craig y Llyn

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