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Drygarn Fawr

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Drygarn Fawr rises to 644 m (2,113 ft) in Powys. It is one of the 316 Hewitts — hills in England, Wales and Ireland of two thousand feet or more. It is one of 80 hills the Albion Guide charts in Powys.

Nearby hills include Gorllwyn and Pen y Garn-goch. The closest station is Llanwrtyd, 12.2 km to the south.

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Photo of Capel Soar y Mynydd, a church near Llanddewi Brefi, Ceredigion, mid Wales.Highlight

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The highest and most elaborate of the Elan Valley dams, its curving Victorian wall stepped with overflow arches.

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Photo along the Cambrian Way, a 298-mile long-distance path running from Cardiff to Conwy, Wales.Highlight

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Abbey near Pontrhydfendigaid

Remote Cistercian ruin with carved west doorway.

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