TWF2025-442 Three Pens of Crickhowell (Monday)

Walk #21 grading: 4 Boot

The walk starts at the Resource & Information Centre, Crickhowell. After a short section on pavements to the Western edge of Crickhowell, we climb gently on paths through fields past the farm of Twyn until we reach the boundary with the open upland area at Foxhall. We follow this boundary, skirting around the upper part of Cwm Gu before heading up the ridge of Bryniog to reach the summit of Pen Cloch Y Pibwr at 674m.

From there we head North to Pen Allt Mawr from where we should see views into the Grwynne Fechan valley and across to Pen Y Gadair Fawr and Waun Fach.  We then head back South down the ridge to our final ‘Pen’ at Pen Cerrig Calch, from where we descend the nose or ‘Trwyn’ Ysgwrfa to the hill fort on table Mountain or ‘Crug Hywel’ after which Crickhowell is named. We then turn and follow the boundary  wall to the West for a short stretch before descending the valley back to Crickhowell.

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