Clipyn Du · Tarren Bwlch-gwyn] [Siambr Trawsfynydd

About Clipyn Du

Clipyn Du is a 582-metre mountain in northern Powys, Wales, one of the higher summits of the area, located a few miles north of Plynlimon (Pumlumon). With a topographic prominence of 124 metres, it qualifies as a HuMP.

A steep-sided escarpment on the hill bears the name Tarren Bwlch-gwyn, and the lake of Glaslyn lies close by. A natural cleft in the rock is known as Siambwr Trawsfynydd, where Owain Glyndŵr is thought to have camped in 1401 before the Battle of Mynydd Hyddgen.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Clipyn Du (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 52.523, -3.771. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Finding the summit

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

Survey method

obvious summit

Record revised

13-Oct-10

Drop measured from

SN822916 · 458 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.

Get food nearby

3 places to eat or drink within 10 km of the summit, rated under the Food Hygiene Rating Scheme (Scotland runs its own Food Hygiene Information Scheme, a pass/fail equivalent).

Classifications and ratings are the local authority's own and can be coarse — this is a lead, not a guarantee of opening hours or that food is served to non-residents. Follow a name through to the official rating page to check, and confirm before you rely on it.

Food hygiene data from the Food Standards Agency and Food Standards Scotland (Open Government Licence v3.0). Distances and directions computed by OpenFell from the summit.

Which hill this one belongs to

Clipyn Du is not counted as an independent hill in its own right. In prominence terms it belongs to Pumlumon Fawr (752 m) — the nearest Marilyn you can reach from this summit without first dropping below its key col, 458 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