Fan Frynych
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Fan Frynych is a subsidiary summit of Fan Fawr
Fan Fawr
Fan Fawr is a mountain in the Fforest Fawr section of the Brecon Beacons National Park, South Wales and over 734 m high....

 in the Fforest Fawr
Fforest Fawr
Fforest Fawr is the name given to an extensive upland area in the county of Powys, Wales. Formerly known as the 'Great Forest of Brecknock' in English, it was a royal hunting area for several centuries but is now used primarily for sheep grazing, forestry, water catchment and recreation...

 section of the Brecon Beacons
Brecon Beacons
The Brecon Beacons is a mountain range in South Wales. In a narrow sense, the name refers to the range of popular peaks south of Brecon, including South Wales' highest mountain, Pen y Fan, and which together form the central section of the Brecon Beacons National Park...

 National Park
National park
A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or owns. Although individual nations designate their own national parks differently A national park is a reserve of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that a sovereign state declares or...

, South Wales
South Wales
South Wales is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west. The most densely populated region in the south-west of the United Kingdom, it is home to around 2.1 million people and includes the capital city of...

. It makes up half of the Craig Cerrig-gleisiad and Fan Frynych National Nature Reserve
Craig Cerrig-gleisiad and Fan Frynych National Nature Reserve
Craig Cerrig-gleisiad and Fan Frynych National Nature Reserve is a 156 acre area of the Brecon Beacons National Park in South Wales.It includes the peaks of Craig Flamdaman and Fan Frynych...

 with its sister peak Craig Cerrig-gleisiad
Craig Cerrig-gleisiad
Craig Cerrig-gleisiad is a subsidiary summit of Fan Fawr in the Fforest Fawr section of the Brecon Beacons National Park, South Wales. It makes up half of the Craig Cerrig-gleisiad and Fan Frynych National Nature Reserve with its sister peak Fan Frynych....

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The summit is marked by a trig point
Trig point
A triangulation station, also known as a triangulation pillar, trigonometrical station, trigonometrical point, trig station, trig beacon or trig point, and sometimes informally as a trig, is a fixed surveying station, used in geodetic surveying and other surveying projects in its vicinity...

, where the northern face of Craig Cerrig-gleisiad
Craig Cerrig-gleisiad
Craig Cerrig-gleisiad is a subsidiary summit of Fan Fawr in the Fforest Fawr section of the Brecon Beacons National Park, South Wales. It makes up half of the Craig Cerrig-gleisiad and Fan Frynych National Nature Reserve with its sister peak Fan Frynych....

can be viewed.

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