Craig-y-nos

Settlement in Brecknockshire

Wales

Craig-y-nos

OS Trig point at Cribarth Number on flush bracket is S2024 — OS Trig point at Cribarth Credit: Janine Forbes

Craig-y-nos is a small village located in the historic county of Brecknockshire in Wales. Nestled in the picturesque upper Swansea Valley, it lies within the Brecon Beacons National Park, offering breathtaking natural beauty and a tranquil atmosphere.

The village is most renowned for its grand Victorian country house, also called Craig-y-nos, which was once home to the world-famous opera singer Adelina Patti. The house, built in the 19th century, is now a popular tourist attraction and a hotel. Its stunning architecture and beautiful gardens attract visitors from near and far.

Surrounded by rolling hills and dense forests, Craig-y-nos offers ample opportunities for outdoor activities such as hiking, mountain biking, and bird watching. The nearby Brecon Beacons provide a haven for nature lovers and adventure seekers alike.

Despite its small size, the village boasts a strong sense of community, with a local pub, a village hall, and a small number of shops. The residents take pride in preserving the heritage and charm of the area.

Craig-y-nos is also known for its rich history, with evidence of human habitation dating back thousands of years. Nearby, visitors can explore ancient burial sites, standing stones, and remnants of Iron Age settlements, offering a glimpse into the region's past.

Overall, Craig-y-nos is a hidden gem in the heart of Brecknockshire, offering a peaceful retreat for those seeking natural beauty, history, and a warm community spirit.

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Images are sourced within 2km of 51.824631/-3.6836599 or Grid Reference SN8415. Thanks to Geograph Open Source API. All images are credited.

OS Trig point at Cribarth

Number on flush bracket is S2024

Janine Forbes

Craig-Y-Nos Castle and Country Park

A country house was first built here in 1840. It was bought and extended by the famous opera singer Adelina Patti (1843-1919). On her death it became a chest hospital (1921-1986). It is now a Hotel. The road is the A4067

Janine Forbes

Limestone with chert banding

Group: Carboniferous Limestone, Formation: Upper Limestone. The chert here defines the bedding planes as they were deposited from a siliceous ooze at the same time as the limestone. The presence of chert lenses in joints does infer that some at least was post depositional.

Janine Forbes

Limestone with chert

An anticline of approximate dip 30 degrees NW

Janine Forbes

Swallow (or Sink) Holes

Indicative of limestone areas. The limestone is eroded by water and underground cave systems may form causing collapse at the surface (collapsed swallow holes). These swallow holes are as yet just depressions in the surface.

Janine Forbes

Saith Maen Stone Row

Next to the stone row is a massive shake/swallow hole and you can hear the water trickling into it - like a massive mouth down to the underworld.

Adam Guy

The Sleeping Giant

Cribarth viewed from the A4067 at SN804120. From this angle the hill resembles the left profile of the head and chest of a man on his back - hence "Sleeping Giant".

Nigel Davies

Dan-Yr-Ogof Show Caves - Dinosaur exhibition

As well as three impressive show caves, Dan-Yr-Ogof show caves has a museum, schools centre and also has an impressive display of fibreglass dinosaurs!

Hywel Williams

Penwyllt Quarry (Disused)

A view of the disused quarry at Penwyllt being put to good use as a car parking area for an orienteering event on the adjacent "Ogof Fynnon Ddu" area. The line of a dismantled railway can just be made out passing from left to right across the picture (from just above the highest tent on the left side to a bridge in the centre of the picture, quarter of the way down). The area offered good hardstanding for several hundred vehicles. View taken looking NW

Pete Chapman

Rough Grazing above Penwyllt Quarries

A view looking NE from the southern part of the quarry complex. The terrain is mainly rough grassland with many small rocks scattered on the surface. The people in the centre of the photo were taking part in an orienteering event on the open area above the quarries.

Pete Chapman

1-10 Powell Street, Penwyllt

These old quarrymen's cottages are now the headquarters of the South Wales Caving Club and West Brecon Cave Rescue Team, and returning cavers such as these are a common sight.

Toby Speight

Dan-Yr-Ogof Show Caves - Bone Cave

This is the long covered walk way that leads to Bone Cave. This was the first cave to be discovered in the complex that now extends for miles beneath the welsh mountainside, including three show caves. Known as Bone Cave (or Ogof Yr Esgyrn in Welsh) bones have been discovered from prehistoric times in the cave. Today, the smallest of the three caves that can be visited at the centre, a covered path allows visitors to see the stuffed bears, wolves and other animals that have been placed in the cave for atmosphere!

Hywel Williams

Disused railyard at Penwyllt Quarry

Nigel Davies

Cribarth from Penwyllt

This is the northeast side of Cribarth as seen from the road to Penwyllt.

Nigel Davies

Old Limekiln above Glyntawe

Tim Jones

Cwm Haffes

This is one of the main rivers flowing off the Old Red Sandstone of the Black Mountain. Many thousands of years ago it sank into the limestone upstream of here, forming parts of Dan yr Ogof cave on its route back to the surface, but since then it has been captured along its present surface route.

Mike Simms

St. John the Baptist, Glyntawe

Nigel Davies

Footbridge over the river Tawe, Glyntawe

A footpath starts just opposite the Tafarn-y-Garreg pub and soon crosses the river Tawe.

Nigel Davies

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Craig-y-nos is located at Grid Ref: SN8415 (Lat: 51.824631, Lng: -3.6836599)

Unitary Authority: Powys

Police Authority: Dyfed Powys

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