Pen y Garn

Pen y Garn (head of the cairn) is a mountain in the Cambrian Mountains, Mid Wales standing at 611 metres above sea level.

Pen y Garn
The Nant Rhuddnant gorge looking north to Cefn Croes from the summit of Pen y Garn. In the background is Y Garn (left), Pen Pumlumon Fawr and Pen Pumlumon Arwystli (right)
Highest point
Elevation	611 m (2,005 ft)
Prominence	194 m (636 ft)
Parent peak	Plynlimon
Listing	Marilyn, Hewitt, Nuttall
Coordinates	52.3785°N 3.7666°W / 52.3785; -3.7666
Naming
Language of name	Welsh
Geography
Location	Ceredigion, Wales
Parent range	Cambrian Mountains
OS grid	SN798771
Topo map	OS Landranger 147 or 135

Pen y Garn tops a 500–600 m high plateau, which includes the controversial Cefn Croes wind farm. The summit has a very large shelter cairn hollowed out from the remains of an ancient burial cairn and a trig point. The wind turbines are very near the summit. To the north some 10 km, the whole Plynlimon range can be seen, including the summits of Y Garn, Pen Pumlumon Fawr, Pen Pumlumon Llygad-bychan and Pen Pumlumon Arwystli. 21 km to the west is the town of Aberystwyth; Drygarn Fawr lies 20 km to the SSE .^[1]

References

1. Nuttall, John & Anne (1999). The Mountains of England & Wales - Volume 1: Wales (2nd edition ed.). Milnthorpe, Cumbria: Cicerone. ISBN 1-85284-304-7.