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15th May 2024  00:00  by StewB

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A quicky or so I thought en-route back to Salford, Manchester post a six night stopover in Abergynolwyn in pursuit of Aberystwyth trigs. Rhialgwm, my final 'bagging' on the Lake Vyrnwy & Llanfyllin 239 OS map. Parked off-road in a 'clearing' off the B4396 at GR 04362 19923 & right off 'took' the wrong path no great hardship as that was. Proceeding along the track East rather than the road a tad North, at GR 06369 21020 passing thro' an opening missing its gate, I continued left steeply uphill to 'bear' right through rough, pathless terrain up onto the trig. Return was 'made' pretty much in reversal of ascent route with the 'cutting' off of a corner here & there. All in all a far more demanding assault than i'd anticipated covering 5.1 miles & taking 5 minutes short of two hours.

18th Feb 2024  00:00  by Ronaldo333

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Boncyn Melyn > Rhialgwm [Rhial Gwm 10339] from GR: SJ 06007 22618

16th Feb 2024  13:39  by slateloose

Gridref: SJ 05500 21100   FB Number: 10339  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Parked near Pentre-aber- marchnant cottage on road south of forest. Walked track to start of footpath, wasted about an hour here trying to go up on this path, too many fallen trees. Retreated back down to the track and then headed up the forest edge to reach open access that way. Managed to reach the top edge of the forest and find the track out onto the moorland. The track is just about visible a bit difficult in places. The view was very poor due to low cloud.

9th Jun 2023  13:26  by rhayader_wanderer

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

good track to within 250m but hadrd going on typical hirnant vegetatiin to the top

20th Feb 2023  13:02  by KevP

FB Number: 10339  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

The path through the forestry from the track to the south is impassable due to fallen trees. Its possible to strike uphill once out of the forest.

23rd Sep 2021  17:55  by underhill

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park 0633 2100 track from west just drivable used row path visible then when out of plantation parhs come and go however visible path when on ridge take care with ruts in 'track' whch you cant see in dense trash give it good mark because of views and mini expedition

12th Jun 2021  12:30  by John DCC

Gridref: SJ 05504 21174   FB Number: 10339  Condition: Good  Score: 9/10

6th May 2020  11:00  by Toops

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

HARD TO GET TO

12th Mar 2020  11:25  by NormanW

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1st Jan 2020  12:06  by Margaret Herbert

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 10/10

Hard walk through deep heather and bilberries at the end

15th Oct 2019  15:30  by gower lad

FB Number: 10339  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

From very end of tarmac on single track road to SSW. Continued on foot on forest road along south side base of pillar hill then FP/rough forest track steeply upward to exit onto very rough heather moorland SE of pillar. Up through heather/bracken to pillar, no paths, poor visibility, hence 6/10.

15th Oct 2019  15:26  by hdfogy

FB Number: 10339  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

5th Aug 2019  13:35  by Robert Kemp

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5th Aug 2019  12:40  by rupertal

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Parked at the cattle grid and bashed through various types of foliage. Great views from summit.

9th Jun 2019  15:05  by painterman61

FB Number: 10339  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Same route as ger fine remote situation 360 panorama trig in vgc marilyn summit.

Trig ©painterman61
Trig ©painterman61
Top looking to Aran Fadawany ©painterman61
Fb ©painterman61

25th Sep 2018  15:53  by ger

Gridref: SJ 05504 21178   FB Number: 10339  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 8/10

Approach from end of yellow road to SW. Mapped track out of forest very overgrown. Screed missing along one top edge, otherwise OK. Good views.

12th Aug 2017  12:40  by Father Ted

FB Number: 10339  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

This one was hard work to say the least. The positives: found some good off road parking at SJ 04361 19919 where some dog walkers told me they regularly used. And the views from the top with the heather in flower were excellent. The negatives: my route! Walked NE up the track but when it reached the end of the pasture I cut up steeply through the wood onto the track through the middle thinking it would give me a more gentle ascent. Don't. It is overgrown and uneven. On exiting the wood onto open land I failed to find any real track but found instead boggy ground, ferns and other tricky vegetation. Very tricky walking with a tugging dog in one hand. When I let him off he's get lost in the ferns but didn't seem too bothered. Back down was easier but never found a track. Once into woods descended via the FP which would have been a far better way to go up.

24th Feb 2017  21:33  by trigging on an island

FB Number: 10339  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 8/10

Laboured a bit up to this one through the long heather in the dark after having been on the go for nearly 12 hours today. A small amount of top edge concrete has come away. Ditto Douglas in 2012 for my first (new) Marilyn of the year, almost to the very date!

19th Apr 2016  15:04  by kat04

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9th Apr 2016  12:29  by kat04

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26th Feb 2016  13:04  by mntainman

Gridref: SJ 05502 21174   FB Number: 0339  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

pole on summit 1.5 m east of trih

8th Aug 2015  15:03  by tom

FB Number: 10339  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

The pillar stands on the grassy top of a heathery mountain to the west of Llanfyllin. The pillar has a metal cap with deep lettering. Part of the top surface screed is missing and it has FB 10339. The summit was reached from the forestry road to the south. A very steep track, blocked in several places by fallen trees, rises through the woods to access the hill top to the east of the trig where a path meanders through the heather towards the summit. I reached base camp near the cattle grid by walking from the bend in the minor road to the southeast following footpaths and tracks of varying degrees of definition across Craig Fach and Craig Fawr. My return route took me across the open grass land of Cilhaul and Boncyn Cammen. It would probably have been a lot easier to simply drive up the forestry road. There is a fine view from the trig. The Aran Ridge is prominent in the west with Cader Idris in the distance. The Berwyns rise up in the north. The Cambrian Mountains roll away into the distance to the southwest and in the southeast I could distinguish The Wrekin, The Breiddens, Corndon Hill and the Kerry Ridge in the hazy distance.

28th May 2013  12:31  by vegibagger

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With Jamie. Very light drizzle. Drive high up on the forestry road to the sw. Paid a price by getting a piece of bench caught in exhaust pipe detaching middle section from a bracket and leaving front section dragging on the ground. Maggot headache

Jamie's lunchtime seat©vegibagger

16th May 2013  09:50  by Dusty

FB Number: 10339  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

Parked due south at the end of the minor road. Short steep pull up to the open hillside.

Mrs Dusty & pillar
Spider
Flush Bracket

14th May 2013  12:14  by Trigger

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TP5644
TP5644

16th Jan 2013  12:55  by tim747

FB Number: 10339  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

10th Aug 2012  13:00  by Andy West

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

25th Feb 2012  10:30  by dugswell2

FB Number: 10339  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Lovely morning in mid Wales recording my first P150=+ of the year Rhiaigwm. Done by parking due south then using forest tract to gain footpath to head for summit from the east.

Trig + surrounds ©dugswell2
FLUSH BRACKET ©dugswell2

19th Feb 2012  15:07  by stignest

FB Number: 10339  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

a superb viewpoint thiugh there are better still on tge other side of the valley. we came at it from the east. good tracks most of the way. some snow.

20th Dec 2011  17:01  by heavyhorses

Gridref: SJ 05503 21178   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Snow on top !

7th Sep 2011  14:58  by stonestreaker

FB Number: 10339  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

©stonestreaker
©stonestreaker

11th Jul 2010  13:57  by g4wsb

FB Number: 10339  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

Damaged to top only.SOTA GW NW-046

©g4wsb
©g4wsb
©g4wsb

13th Apr 2010  20:06  by Clanfield Rambler

Gridref: SJ 05499 21177   FB Number: 10339  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

Great views all round. Metal plug, slight damage to top

15th Jul 2009  12:00  by RichardL

Gridref: SJ 05480 21170   FB Number: 10339  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Clearly a little-visited summit in mid Wales; this was a Geographing trip on a decent summer's day, but I had the whole area to myself as far as I could tell. Long may it last.

14th Dec 2008  09:48  by Garth Fenton

FB Number: 10339  Condition: Not Logged  Score: 5/10

18th Oct 2008  00:00  by caroleengel

Gridref: SJ 05500 21200   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 8/10

18th Oct 2008  00:00  by yt

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9th May 2008  10:30  by Aye Jimmy

FB Number: 10339  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 5/10

Misty morning. Slight damage to top 2cm next to spider at one end. TP crawling with millipedes!

Rhialgwm Poor views this morning.
Rhialgwm FB. Note creature on left...
Rhialgwm Close up of said creature

15th Feb 2008  15:18  by stignest

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very approx date. a splendid little hill walked in from the east along forestry tracks etc.

26th Jan 2008  00:00  by Sprog

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

12th Nov 2006  13:03  by Glaslyn

Gridref: SJ 05500 21170   FB Number: 10339  Condition: Slightly damaged  Score: 7/10

One of my favourite area of Wales ,usually peaceful.Walked up from the South East from where a minor road becomes a track.Follow this for a mile then climb up through the woods to open summit with great views.Weather closing in so views were limited.

©Glaslyn
©Glaslyn
©Glaslyn

1st Apr 2006  12:00  by peregrinus

FB Number: 10339  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

vgc, metal cap, deep letters, nice rock/grass/heather summit, decent view

10339 fb ©peregrinus
10339 top ©peregrinus
10339 trig ©peregrinus
10339 trig ©peregrinus

23rd Dec 2004  11:30  by m1eyp

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26th Mar 2002  14:59  by Chalky

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2nd Jun 2000  18:21  by arranc

Gridref: SJ 05400 21200   FB Number: 10339  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

12th Sep 1998  12:00  by peregrinus

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No details noted - my 700th Marilyn: shoulder-length bracken could be avoided by taking high line, v boggy at col, fine summit with gorgeous view SE

24th May 1998  00:00  by mickandshane

FB Number: 10339  Condition: Good  Score: 6/10

Plug with heavily indented lettering.

12th May 1996  18:23  by fasgadh

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

The road to the south was a shocker.. its being let go. Easy ascent from there though.