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Lists in the Brecon Beacons

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The highest point in the Brecon Beacons is Pen y Fan (886m) which means there are no mountains of Munro height. The Brecon Beacons can be divided roughly into 3 massifs: the Black Mountain in the West, primarily the Bannau Sir Gaer escarpment; the Brecon Beacons in the middle including Pen y Fan and two separate smaller massifs to the West (Fan Fawr and Fan Gyhirych); and the Black Mountains in the East, bordering England and comprising several long broad ridges running NW to SE with a highest point at Waun Fach.

'Corbetts'

The criteria are between 2,500ft (762m) and 3,000ft (915m) with at least 500ft (152m) of reascent from all approaches. Applying these criteria to the Brecon Beacons gives us just four mountains.

No.

Grid Ref

Peak

Area

Ht
[m]

Ht
[ft]

Drop
[m]


1
2
3
4


SO 012215
SO 215300
SN 825217
SO 062206


Pen y Fan [Notes]
Waun Fach [Notes]
Fan Brycheiniog [Notes]
Waun Rydd


Brecon Beacons
Black Mountains
The Black Mountain
Brecon Beacons


886
811
802
769


2907
2661
2631
2523


670
620
423
170

'Corbett Tops'

What about the mountains of Corbett height that don't have the required 152m reascent from all approaches? All such mountains, as long as they have a drop of 30m or greater, are called Corbett Tops. The definition and terminology were created by TACit Press and applied to Scottish mountains, in order to neaten and extend the official SMC list of Corbetts. Corbett Tops are the whole group (everything with 30m or more of reascent), and Corbetts are the subset with drops over 152m. There are just six Corbett Tops in the Brecon Beacons, of which the four mountains above are also Corbetts and just two are only Corbett Tops. These two non-Corbett Corbett Tops are shown in the next list. The Corbett column gives each Corbett Top's parent Corbett.

No.

Grid Ref

Peak

Corbett

Ht
[m]

Ht
[ft]

Drop
[m]


1
2


SO 229287
SO 023213


Pen y Gadair Fawr [Notes]
Cribyn [Notes]


Waun Fach
Pen y Fan


800
795


2625
2608


47
130

'Grahams'

Grahams are Scottish mountains of between 2,000ft (610m) and 2,500ft (762m) in height with at least 150m of reascent from all approaches. Applying these numerical criteria to the Brecon Beacons gives us this list of 5 peaks.

No.

Grid Ref

Peak

Area

Ht
[m]

Ht
[ft]

Drop
[m]


1
2
3
4
5


SN 970193
SN 880190
SO 255354
SN 913184
SO 087137


Fan Fawr
Fan Gyhirych
Black Mountain
Fan Nedd
Cefn yr Ystrad


Brecon Beacons
Brecon Beacons
Black Mountains
Brecon Beacons
Brecon Beacons


734
725
703
663
617


2408
2379
2306
2175
2024


295
280
154
174
178

'Graham Tops'

Just as the Corbetts are a subset of the Corbett Tops, so the Grahams are a subset of the Graham Tops. Graham Tops need only 30m of reascent. In the Brecon Beacons there are 5 Grahams and 13 Graham Tops that aren't Grahams, making 18 in all. The 13 non-Graham Graham Tops are listed below. The Parent column gives each Graham Top's parent peak, which can be either a Graham or a Corbett.

No.

Grid Ref

Peak

Parent

Ht
[m]

Ht
[ft]

Drop
[m]


1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13


SN 831209
SN 811218
SO 207243
SO 037207
SO 217224
SO 225350
SO 259293
SO 208279
SN 777203
SN 938186
SN 958228
SN 961218
SN 740179


Fan Hir
Picws Du, Bannau Sir Gaer
Pen Allt-mawr
Fan y Big
Pen Cerrig-calch
Twmpa (Lord Hereford's Knob)
Chwarel y Fan
Mynydd Llysiau
Garreg Las
Fan Llia
Fan Frynych
Craig Cerrig-gleisiad
Garreg Lwyd


Fan Brycheiniog
Fan Brycheiniog
Waun Fach
Waun Rydd
Waun Fach
Waun Fach
Waun Fach
Waun Fach
Fan Brycheiniog
Fan Fawr
Fan Fawr
Fan Fawr
Fan Brycheiniog


761
749
719
719
701
680
679
663
635
632
629
629
616


2497
2457
2359
2359
2300
2231
2228
2175
2083
2073
2064
2064
2021


43
93
102
30
52
79
72
40
92
99
74
49
104