Mountains & hills · Mid Wales
Long Mountain
In or near Priestweston.
Long Mountain in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
Dave Croker — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 3 h–8 h
- Best time of year
- Late spring – early autumn (May–Oct)
- Nearest railway station
- Welshpool · 3.7 km
- Free entry
- Dog-friendly
About
Long Mountain is a place of interest in Wales Mid, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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Protected designations
- Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty: Shropshire Hills
Designations sourced from Natural England open data under OGL v3.
From the Wikipedia article
Long Mountain (Welsh: Cefn Digoll) is a hill straddling the boundary between Powys (Wales) and Shropshire (England) to the east of Welshpool though the summit at 408 metres (1,339 feet) at Beacon Ring (grid reference SJ265058) is within Wales. Long Mountain is a Marilyn (a hill with topographic prominence of at least 150 metres), having a prominence of 305 metres (1,000 feet).
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
There was possibly a Roman road along Long Mountain, part of a route from Uriconium (Wroxeter) to Lavobrinta (Forden Gaer). At the southern end of the hill and along its western flanks are traces of Offa's Dyke. There is a hillfort at Beacon Ring, at the southern end of the Long Mountain. This was probably built in the Iron Age and may have been re-used in medieval times. It has been owned by the Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust since 2008, who have in recent years conducted archaeological investigations on the site. Beacon Ring is also famous for the 'EIIR' monogram of the tree plantation which covers the site. In 630 the hill was the scene of the Battle of Cefn Digoll, between Northumbria…
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.6452, -3.0881
- District
- Powys
- Parish
- Forden with Leighton and Trelystan
- Postcode
- SY21 8JA
- Parliamentary constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr
- Nearest railway station
- Welshpool — 3.7 km
Sources
- wikidata: Q3366813 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Long Mountain (Powys) (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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- Where is Long Mountain?
- Long Mountain is in Mid Wales, United Kingdom (postcode SY21 8JA), in the parish of Forden with Leighton and Trelystan.
- What is Long Mountain?
- Long Mountain in Wales Mid, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Long Mountain?
- The nearest railway station is Welshpool, about 3.7 km away. Drivers can use postcode SY21 8JA.
- Is Long Mountain a protected site?
- Yes — Long Mountain is part of the Shropshire Hills National Landscape (AONB).
- Is Long Mountain free to visit?
- Yes, Long Mountain is free to enter.
- How do I get to Long Mountain?
- The nearest railway station is Welshpool, about 3.7 km away. Drivers can navigate to postcode SY21 8JA.