Gwaunceste Hill

#6782 among destinations in the United Kingdom

Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

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Gwaunceste Hill is a 542-metre-high hill in the county of Powys in east Wales. It falls within the communities of Gladestry and Glascwm around 4 km east of the village of Hundred House and about 2 km north of the hamlet of Glascwm. The headwaters of the River Arrow gather on the eastern slopes of the hill. Drainage of its western slopes is into the River Edw, a tributary of the River Wye. Two subsidiary tops to the southeast and southwest are both known as ‘Little Hill’. ()

Elevation: 1778 ftProminence: 528 ftCoordinates: 52°11'30"N, 3°13'58"W

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WalesUnited Kingdom

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Gwaunceste Hill – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Black Mixen, Rhos Fawr, Aberedw Castle, Hay Castle.

6 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Black Mixen
153 min walk • Black Mixen is a subsidiary summit of Rhos Fawr or Great Rhos in the Radnor Forest. The summit is large peat bog plateau. The summit is marked with a cairn, and is next to a radio transmitter and its building.
5.4 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Rhos Fawr
138 min walk • Rhos Fawr is a mountain summit in the Radnor Forest, a rather isolated dome of hills to the north of the village of New Radnor. The local rocks are sedimentary shales and mudstones with some Silurian limestone. With a height of 660 metres, it is the highest point in the Radnor Forest and the historic county top of Radnorshire.
7 miSW
Forts and castles
Aberedw Castle
179 min walk • The remains of Aberedw Castle, also known as 'Castle in Elfael Uwch Mynydd', are located at the small village of Aberedw in the county of Powys, Mid-Wales.
4.6 miS
Forts and castles
Hay Castle
117 min walk • Hay Castle is a medieval fortification and 17th-century mansion house in the small town of Hay-on-Wye in Powys, Wales. Originally constructed as part of the Norman invasion of Wales, the castle was designed as a ringwork overlooking the town in either the late-11th or early-12th centuries.
6.1 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Bache Hill
156 min walk • Bache Hill is a subsidiary summit of Rhos Fawr or Great Rhos, in the Radnor Forest in Wales. It is located to the east of Black Mixen.
4.3 miW
Prehistoric site
Gilwern Hill
110 min walk • Gilwern Hill is a hill about 3 mi / 5 km southeast of Llandrindod Wells in the county of Powys, Wales.
6 miNE
Forts and castles
Castle Nimble
154 min walk • Castle Nimble was a motte and bailey defensive fortification near Old Radnor, in Radnorshire, Wales. Castle Nimble appears to have had an oval-shaped ditched motte, with a semi-rectangular bailey, and some other enclosures, including possibly a pond.
6.3 miNW
Town, Forts and castles
Cefnllys
162 min walk • Cefnllys is an abandoned ghost village, formerly a medieval castle town and borough, near Llandrindod Wells in Radnorshire, Wales.