Llanfihangel Hill [Colva Hill]

Rising above the remote village of Cascob on the eastern fringes of the Radnor Forest, this broad moorland ridge offers a quiet, uncrowded alternative to the higher inland plateaus. Its grassy summit provides a clear, expansive vantage point over the Lugg Valley and the undulating hills of the Welsh Marches.

• •Llanfihangel translates from Welsh as 'The Church of St Michael,' a common dedication for religious sites on prominent ground, while the name Colva refers to the nearby rural parish and its 13th-century church.
• •To the west, the summit looks directly across to the high, peat-clad plateau of the Radnor Forest, dominated by the masts on Black Mixen and the hidden cleft of Water-break-its-neck.
• •The hill overlooks the lonely church at Cascob, which is home to a rare 'demon-trap' — a protective 17th-century charm found in the walls, designed to safeguard the building from evil.
• •While officially categorised as a Hump and a Tump, the hill's primary challenge is often not the gradient, but navigating the maze of indistinguishable sheep tracks that crisscross its broad shoulder.