Summit Register

Hewitt · Cardiganshire [Ceredigion], Wales

Pumlumon Fawr

752.8 m

Plynlimon

2,470 ftDrop 525.8 mSN 789 869

Finder: 54 Hewitts in Wales

sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmPumlumon Fawr752.8Pen y Garn611Tarrenhendre633.8Tarren y Gesail666.9Cadair Idris – Penygadair892.7
sea level3,000 ft · Munro height2,500 ft · Corbett height2,000 ft · Graham, Hewitt height2 kmPumlumon Fawr752.8Pen y Garn611Tarrenhendre633.8
Looking north, 7957 km wide, heights ×2333 (method).

Pumlumon Fawr is a Hewitt of 752.8 m in Cardiganshire [Ceredigion]. It is also on the county tops list, as the highest point of its historic county.

The key col lies 57.6 km away to the south, at 227 m. Its closest neighbour in this register, Pen y Garn, is 9.8 km away. It counts towards four lists: Hewitts, Nuttalls, Marilyns and county tops. Its nearest higher summit, Mynydd Pencoed (766 m, 26.2 km north), is a listed top not profiled here. Its other name is Plynlimon. The summit is marked by a trig point.

To scale

Summit752.8 mKey col227 mdrop 525.8 msea level
Key col SN 8700 2990, 57.6 km south of the summit.

Where it stands

Height

752.8 m22nd highest of 56 in Wales

Drop

525.8 m168th of 1,140 across Britain and Ireland

Isolation

26.2 km49th most isolated of 1,139

Neighbours

  1. 1
    Pen y Garn9.8 km south
    611 m
  2. 2
    Tarrenhendre20.2 km north-west
    633.8 m
  3. 3
    Tarren y Gesail20.5 km north-west
    666.9 m
  4. 4892.7 m
1234Pen y GarnTarrenhendreTarren y GesailCadair IdrisN10 km

Lists

  • 108th highest of the 275 Hewitts profiled here
  • 85th highest of the 193 Nuttalls profiled here
  • 507th highest of the 885 Marilyns profiled here
  • 33rd highest of the 51 County tops profiled here

Record

Nearest higher
Mynydd Pencoed, 766 m, 26.2 km north
Region
31A: Aberystwyth to Welshpool
OS map
135
Summit
Trig point
DoBIH no.
2161
Map of Britain and Ireland marking Pumlumon Fawr

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