Pen y Garn is one of the highest mountain

Mountain

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s in Mid Wales

Mid Wales

Mid Wales is the name given to the central region of Wales. The Mid Wales Regional Committee of the National Assembly for Wales covered the counties of Ceredigion and Powys and the area of Gwynedd that had previously been the district of Meirionydd. A similar definition is used by the BBC...

 standing at 610 metres above sea level. It is one of the Cambrian Mountains

Cambrian Mountains

The Cambrian Mountains are a series of mountain ranges in Wales, reaching from, and including, the South Wales mountains of the Brecon Beacons, north Carmarthenshire and Ceredigion, the Black Mountains of eastern Wales, to Snowdonia in North Wales...

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It tops a 500–600 m high plateau situated on which is the controversial Cefn Coch wind farm. The summit has a very large shelter cairn hollowed out from the remains of an ancient burial cairn. The summit also has a trig point. The wind turbines are very near the summit. To the north the whole Plynlimon

Plynlimon

Plynlimon is the highest point of the Cambrian Mountains in Wales, and the highest point in Mid Wales. It is a massif that dominates the countryside of northern Ceredigion....

 range is observed, including the summits of Y Garn

Y Garn (Plynlimon)

Y Garn is a subsidiary summit of Pen Pumlumon Fawr and the fourth highest peak on the Plynlimon massif, a part of the Cambrian Mountains in the county of Ceredigion, Wales.The summit is marked by a large shelter cairn, hollowed out from an ancient burial cairn...

, Pen Pumlumon Fawr, Pen Pumlumon Llygad-bychan

Pen Pumlumon Llygad-bychan

Pen Pumlumon Llygad-bychan is a subsidiary summit of Pen Pumlumon Fawr and the third highest point on the Plynlimon massif, a part of the Cambrian Mountains in the county of Ceredigion, Wales.The summit is boggy, and is marked by a few stones...

 and Pen Pumlumon Arwystli

Pen Pumlumon Arwystli

Pen Pumlumon Arwystli is the second highest point on the Plynlimon massif, a part of the Cambrian Mountains in the county of Ceredigion, Wales.The summit is grassy, and is marked by 3 large ancient cairns...

. To the west is Aberystwyth

Aberystwyth

Aberystwyth is a historic market town, administrative centre and holiday resort within Ceredigion, Wales. Often colloquially known as Aber, it is located at the confluence of the rivers Ystwyth and Rheidol....

, to the south Drygarn Fawr

Drygarn Fawr

Drygarn Fawr is a mountain in the county of Powys, Wales. It is one of the highest summits in Mid Wales standing at 645 metres above sea level. Rising above the remote moorland plateau of the Cambrian Mountains, the summit is topped by two distinctive, large cairns. The mountain has a gentle,...

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