Arenig Fawr South Top

About Arenig Fawr South Top

Arenig Fawr South Top is the twin summit of Arenig Fawr in southern Eryri, 18 m below its partner and the second highest point in the Arenig range.

Southwards from here the ridge runs on into rocky knolls and small tarns, where Arenig Fawr South Ridge Top lies. It is listed as a Nuttall.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Arenig Fawr South Top (CC BY-SA 4.0). Heights, prominence and grid references come from the Database of British & Irish Hills, not from Wikipedia.

Access rights here

General position for Wales — local byelaws, seasonal restrictions and closures can override it. Full details: access rights in Wales · check another location.

Daylight at this summit today

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Computed astronomically for 52.914, -3.746. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Finding the summit

The recorded summit point is cairn. On broad or flat summits the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Survey method

obvious summit

Record revised

11-Jul-23

Drop measured from

SH 8267 3679 · 812.3 m

Survey notes are field observations recorded in the Database of British & Irish Hills (v18.3, CC BY 4.0) by the hill-surveying community.

Which hill this one belongs to

Arenig Fawr South Top is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Arenig Fawr (854 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 812 m.

Grouping is by prominence alone: a summit belongs to the nearest higher Marilyn it connects to without a deeper intervening col. Over a large massif that can gather hills no one would walk in a single day, and which few would describe as parts of the same mountain — it is a measure of independence, not a suggested route.

Nearest listed peaks