The 8 Most Amazing Peaks around Mountain Ash East

Sorry but this is not the summit of Cefn Cilsanws it’s way further north.

At 1,056 feet (322 m) tall, Mynydd Meio is a fairly modest hill rising immediately west of Caerphilly. From the summit and much of its rounded bulk, you can enjoy wonderful views of the surrounding hills, valleys and across to Caerphilly Castle.

The Beautiful Cefn Cil Sanws is a 'hill' in the Brecon Beacons National Park within the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil in south Wales. The summit at 460m above sea level is crowned by a trig point. The steep cliffs of Darren Fawr and Darren Fach defend its western side which drops down into Cwm Taf. A major limestone quarry is worked on the southeastern side of the hill. An unexpected feature at this altitude is Merthyr Tydfil Golf Course which extends high onto the eastern and southern slopes of the hill. The hill is composed of a layer cake of rocks of Carboniferous age all tilted moderately to the south. The summit is formed from Carboniferous Limestone whilst outcrops of Twrch Sandstone formerly known as the Basal Grit of the Millstone can be seen to the north and on its steep western flanks. The latter show evidence of glacial striations suggesting that the hill was over-ridden by ice moving southwards from the central Beacons during the ice ages.

Cefn Cil Sanws is a hill in the Brecon Beacons National Park within the county borough of Merthyr Tydfil in south Wales. The summit at 460m above sea level is crowned by a trig point. The steep cliffs of Darren Fawr and Darren Fach defend its western side which drops down into Cwm Taf. Length - 2.5 miles Difficulty – Leisurely Free Parking Merthyr Tydfil Golf Club, Cefn-coed-y-cymmer, Merthyr Tydfil CF48 2NT

We walked miles. Up to the waterfall on Gillies trail, followed the path up onto the rocky and then to the trig point on Twyn Brynbychan, above the cynnon valleys. Enjoyed a breather on top, before trekking around the back forestry where you can see Aberfan and Merthyr Vale and headed over to the bronze age sight before descending down to Cwmaman and back to the car.

Mynydd y Glyn is a mountain in South Wales, between the towns of Pontypridd and Tonyrefail. It has a height above sea level of 377 metres. It is the mountain which was used in The Englishman who went up a Hill and came down a Mountain in which Hugh Grant and Ian McNeice star as English cartographers. In the film the mountain is known as 'Ffynnon Garw'. It is a UK listed Marilyn.

Cefn Eglwysilan is a hill in South Wales, the twin 1,253 feet (382 m) summits of which lie just over one mile (2 km) east of Pontypridd in Rhondda Cynon Taf county borough. Its eastern side lies within the community of Aber Valley in Caerphilly county borough. Like neighbouring Mynydd Eglwysilan, the hill is named after the hamlet of Eglwysilan, the church here being dedicated to an obscure saint Ilan. A wireless transmission station is sited on the more northerly of the two summits (at OS grid ref ST 099911). The southerly one is crowned by a trig point. It is a UK listed Marilyn.