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Hewitt · Powys, Wales

Fan Fawr

734 m

2,408 ftDrop 294.6 mSN 969 193

Finder: 11 Hewitts in Powys

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmFan Fawr734Pen y Fan886Fan Nedd663Fan Gyhirych726.1Waun Rydd769.2
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmFan Fawr734Pen y Fan886Fan Nedd663
Looking north, 2716 km wide, heights ×810 (method).

Fan Fawr is a Hewitt of 734 m in Powys. It sits below Pen y Fan, only 4.8 km to the north-east and 152 m higher.

It shares its height of 734 m with Craig Cwm Silyn, Rhobell Fawr and Long Side. On the Hewitts height ladder it sits between Craig Cwm Silyn (734 m) and Long Side (734 m). Its nearest higher summit, Craig Gwaun Taf (826.4 m, 3.8 km east), is a listed top not profiled here.

To scale

Summit734 mKey col439.4 msea level
Key col SN 9822 2028, 1.6 km north-east of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

734 m25th highest of 56 in Wales

Drop

294.6 m445th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

3.8 km453rd most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Pen y Fan4.8 km north-east
    886 m
  2. 2
    Fan Nedd5.7 km west
    663 m
  3. 3
    Fan Gyhirych8.9 km west
    726.1 m
  4. 4
    Waun Rydd9.3 km east
    769.2 m
1234Pen y FanFan NeddWaun RyddN5 km

Lists

  • 124th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 98th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here
  • 552nd highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Craig Gwaun Taf, 826.4 m, 3.8 km east
Region
32A: Llandovery to Monmouth
OS map
160
Summit
No feature: 6m WNW of cairn
DoBIH no.
2237
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Fan Fawr

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