Wales
Caety Traylow
523M
1714FT
About Caety Traylow
Rising above the quiet Radnorshire countryside, this rounded, grassy moorland summit offers a sense of isolation typical of Central Wales. Its broad, windswept plateau provides an excellent vantage point over the Radnor Forest massif, overlooking the deep valleys and conifer plantations that define this understated and infrequently visited upland area.
Key Statistics
Rank
97th Highest in Wales
Parent Range
Central Wales
Prominence
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20.9m
Nearest Town
Llanfiangel Nant Melan
Geology
This fell is built from alternating layers of ancient silt and mud that hardened into the solid rock beneath your boots.
Classifications
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OS Grid Reference
SO197561
Latitude
52.1973°N
Longitude
3.1763°W
Did You Know?
- •The name is a derivation of the Welsh Cae-ty-trelo, which translates as 'the field of the house of Trelo,' suggesting the site of a long-abandoned upland farmstead or shepherd's cottage.
- •It sits within the Radnor Forest, a region that served as a Royal Hunting Forest in the Middle Ages; at the time, the term 'forest' referred to a legal hunting preserve rather than a landscape necessarily covered in trees.
- •From the summit, the view stretches across the rolling mid-Wales hills to the distinctive flat-topped ridges of the Black Mountains in the southeast and the remote, water-carved plateaus of the Elan Valley to the west.
- •While the nearby Radnor Range is used for ballistics testing, the most explosive thing a walker is typically required to navigate is the occasional disgruntled red grouse launching itself from the heather.