Llan Ddu Fawr · Carnyrhyrddod] [Waun Claerddu

About Llan Ddu Fawr

Llan Ddu Fawr, also known as Waun Claerddu, is a hill in Ceredigion, Wales, standing roughly ten miles south of Pumlumon in the region known as the Desert of Wales. The ground around it can be very boggy.

A trig point stands at the summit, though it does not occupy the actual highest point, and there is also a cairn some 15 metres in diameter.

Background written from facts in the Wikipedia article on Llan Ddu Fawr (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 52.319, -3.776. Plan your finish with the daylight safety planner.

Finding the summit

The recorded summit point is collapsed cairn 2m SE of tall cairn. That distinction matters on broad or flat tops, where the obvious cairn is not always the true high point.

Record revised

12-May-25

Drop measured from

SN 7955 6694 · 424.7 m

Classification history: The SW summit by the trig point is recognised as a Twin Dewey.

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.

The Llan Ddu Fawr group

7 other listed summits sit in the same prominence group, with Llan Ddu Fawr as the independent hill at its head.

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