Summit Register

Hewitt · Powys, Wales

Drygarn Fawr

644 m

2,113 ftDrop 257.5 mSN 862 584

Finder: 11 Hewitts in Powys

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmDrygarn Fawr644Pen y Garn611Pumlumon Fawr752.8Great Rhos660Fan Brycheiniog – Twr y Fan Foel802.5
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmDrygarn Fawr644Pen y Garn611Pumlumon Fawr752.8
Looking north, 10682 km wide, heights ×3149 (method).

Drygarn Fawr is a Hewitt of 644 m in Powys. The key col lies 17.1 km away to the north, at 386.5 m.

Its closest neighbour in this register, Pen y Garn, is 19.8 km away. In the database's South-West Wales region it is the highest of two register hills, above Pen y Garn. It shares its height of 644 m with Coomnadiha. On the Hewitts height ladder it sits between Devilsmother (645 m) and Coomnadiha (644 m). Its nearest higher summit, Y Garn (684 m, 28.1 km north), is a listed top not profiled here. The summit is marked by a trig point.

To scale

Summit644 mKey col386.5 msea level
Key col SN 8574 7545, 17.1 km north of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

644 m47th highest of 56 in Wales

Drop

257.5 m519th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

28.1 km44th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Pen y Garn19.8 km north
    611 m
  2. 2
    Pumlumon Fawr29.4 km north
    752.8 m
  3. 3
    Great Rhos32.3 km east
    660 m
  4. 4802.5 m
1234Pen y GarnPumlumon FawrGreat RhosFan BrycheiniogN10 km

Lists

  • 238th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 171st highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here
  • 779th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Y Garn, 684 m, 28.1 km north
Region
31C: South-West Wales
OS map
147
Summit
Large cairn 65m NE of trig point
DoBIH no.
2203
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Drygarn Fawr

Data: DoBIH v18.6, CC BY 4.0 (method). The most isolated hills in Britain and Ireland