Rhos-crug

Rising from the quiet moorlands of the Radnorshire Hills, this 508-metre summit offers a sense of deep isolation. Its rolling, grassy slopes are characteristic of the border country between Knighton and Newtown, providing a vantage point over the remote plateau of Beacon Hill and the nearby Radnor Forest.

• •The name is derived from the Welsh 'rhos', meaning moorland or heath, and 'crug', which signifies a mound or tumulus, suggesting the summit may have once served as a prehistoric burial site.
• •Positioned within the sprawling Crown Estate of Beacon Hill, the summit is surrounded by one of the largest areas of open heather moorland remaining in Mid Wales.
• •The summit provides a clear line of sight north-east to the distinctive quartzite ridge of the Stiperstones in Shropshire, while the dark mass of Radnor Forest dominates the view to the south.
• •Visitors should be prepared for the distinctive 'Radnorshire sponge' terrain; it is a landscape where the ground often appears to contain more water than the sky.