Mynydd Carningli

About Mynydd Carningli

Looming over Newport like a protective and slightly jagged stone guardian, Mynydd Carningli is more 'Mountain of the Angels' than 'Mountain of the Lung-Busting Incline.' At a modest 347m, it offers Iron Age ruins and coastal views that punch well above its weight class.

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• •The summit is home to one of the most impressively preserved Iron Age hillforts in Wales, featuring stone ramparts that have stubbornly resisted gravity for millennia.
• •Its name, 'Mountain of the Angels,' stems from the 5th-century Saint Brynach, who reportedly spent his days chatting with celestial beings on the peak to avoid the local riff-raff.
• •Geologically, the ridge is composed of Ordovician dolerite outcrops called 'carns,' which give the mountain its distinctive, toothy silhouette against the Pembrokeshire skyline.
• •Legend has it that sleeping on the summit will turn you into either a poet or a lunatic; most hikers find that a quick lunch there just turns them into a target for local crows.
• •Despite the 'Angel' moniker, the primary inhabitants are extremely judgmental sheep. The final rocky scramble is also perfectly engineered to ensure you trip exactly when someone is watching.