Ysgyryd Fawr
| Ysgyryd Fawr
Skirrid Fawr
|
||
|---|---|---|
 Ysgyryd Fawr seen from the north. |
||
| height | 486 m ASL | |
| location | Monmouthshire , Wales , United Kingdom | |
| Mountains | Black Mountains | |
| Coordinates | 51 ° 51 '32 " N , 2 ° 58' 22" W | |
|
||
The Ysgyryd Fawr is a mountain in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Monmouthshire , south of Wales . The Ysgyryd Fawr (Anglicized in cards as Skirrid Fawr , also known as Skyrrid ) than Holy Mountain known (Sacred Hill) of Wales.
It is the northeast of the three peaks that are around the town of Abergavenny in the Black Mountains . The ruins of the St. Michael Chapel are located within an Iron Age fence on the 486 m high summit. There were a number of ice age landslides on the western slope . According to legend, they came about because the mountain was torn at the time of Christ's crucifixion.
Web links
Commons : Ysgyryd Fawr - collection of pictures, videos and audio files
