Disgwylfa Fawr

About Disgwylfa Fawr

Rising above the remote moorlands of the Cambrian Mountains, this Marilyn offers a wild, often boggy experience typical of the Pumlumon range. Its grassy slopes lead to a summit trig pillar, providing a quiet vantage point overlooking the Nant-y-moch Reservoir and the dominant massif of Pumlumon Fawr to the east.

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• •Derived from the Welsh 'disgwylfa', meaning a lookout or place of watching, and 'fawr', meaning great, the name highlights the hill's status as a commanding vantage point over the Ceredigion uplands.
• •The summit offers an excellent perspective on the Nant-y-moch Reservoir, which was completed in 1964 as the largest reservoir in the Rheidol hydroelectric power scheme.
• •While often tackled as a standalone peak, it is most rewardingly climbed as part of a wider circuit of the Pumlumon watershed, traversing some of the most isolated high ground in Central Wales.
• •The surrounding peat bogs are notoriously proficient at hiding water; a successful ascent is often measured by whether your socks remain dry, a feat rarely achieved in this part of the Cambrian Mountains.