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Berwyn and Lake VyrnwyLlangynog and the Craig Rhiwarth Quarries
Slate and lead workings on a crag above the village, with a hillfort on top and the Berwyn closing in at the head of the valley.
- Distance
- 4.3 mi / 7 km
- Time
- 2 hr 45
- Ascent
- 380 m
- Difficulty
- Demanding
- Shape
- Circular
Where it is
The circle shows the general area, not the exact start. Use the directions link below to get to the car park itself. Contours and paths shown are OpenTopoMap, drawn from OpenStreetMap data.
The route
Tracks climb steeply from the village through the quarry ground to the crag, returning by a loop. Steep and rough.
Worth knowing
- The lead mine here was among the richest in Wales in the eighteenth century.
- Craig Rhiwarth has a hillfort with hut circles on the summit plateau.
- The quarry ground is loose; keep to the tracks.
What you’ll see
Slate and lead workings, the hillfort and hut circles, and the Tanat valley below.
Background
Llangynog lead made the Earl of Powis a fortune in the 1700s, and slate quarrying continued into the twentieth century.