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The Welsh County Tops (Historic)

This page shows all the Welsh County Tops (Historic) sorted in alphabetical order. I've customised the list based on my visits, showing the first time I climbed each hill, and a total number of ascents.

This list details the highest point within (or sometimes on) the boundary of each county. However, county boundaries change over time and there are different county lists, covering the traditional historic counties and the more recent mixtures of administrative areas.

I have decided to concentrate on the Historic County Tops, which is a smaller number for one thing, but it's also the list most appropriate to my age. The historic county tops is a traditional list of counties from which people usually take their local cultural identity. In the UK they were never abolished, they just ceased to have administrative function.

No. Hill Name Area / Region Height First Ascent No. Asc
1 Aran Fawddwy The Arans 2971 ft, 905.60 m 0
2 Black Mountain Black Mountains 2308 ft, 703.60 m 2007-08-24 1
3 Cadair Berwyn The Berwyns 2730 ft, 832.00 m 0
4 Chwarel y Fan Black Mountains 2228 ft, 679.00 m 0
5 Craig y Llyn 1969 ft, 600.00 m 0
6 Fan Foel Brecon Beacons 2562 ft, 781.00 m 0
7 Foel Cwmcerwyn Preseli 1759 ft, 536.00 m 0
8 Great Rhos Central Wales - Radnor Forest 2165 ft, 660.00 m 2015-07-04 1
9 Holyhead Mountain 722 ft, 220.00 m 0
10 Moel Famau Clwydian Hills 1820 ft, 554.80 m 2005-11-20 4
11 Moel Sych The Berwyns 2712 ft, 826.70 m 0
12 Pen y Fan Brecon Beacons 2907 ft, 886.00 m 0
13 Pumlumon Fawr [Plynlimon] Central Wales - Pumlumon 2467 ft, 752.00 m 0
14 Snowdon - Yr Wyddfa Snowdon 3560 ft, 1085.00 m 2008-07-19 1