Black Mountain (Welsh: Mynydd Ddu) is a mountain in the Black Mountains (not to be confused with the Black Mountain range of hills,or the Black Hill just 2 km east). It is the only Marilyn to fall exactly on the Welsh-English border, straddling Powys and Herefordshire. Its parent peak, Waun Fach lies to the west.
The Black Mountain is the highest point on Hatterall Ridge. Offa's Dyke Path passes along the ridge, more or less from south to north (...
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Black Mountain (Welsh: Mynydd Ddu) is a mountain in the Black Mountains (not to be confused with the Black Mountain range of hills,or the Black Hill just 2 km east). It is the only Marilyn to fall exactly on the Welsh-English border, straddling Powys and Herefordshire. Its parent peak, Waun Fach lies to the west.
The Black Mountain is the highest point on Hatterall Ridge. Offa's Dyke Path passes along the ridge, more or less from south to north (or vice versa), while a steeper path leads to the summit from near the former youth hostel in the Vale of Ewyas to the west. The summit is unmarked and, because of the very shallow gradients along the summit ridge, virtually impossible to determine in situ.
It is the highest ground in England south of Great Whernside in the Yorkshire Dales, even though higher neighbours are very close by in Wales. However, some mountain lists, such as the Nuttalls, consider the mountain to belong to Wales only, due to the Black Mountains range being of Welsh...
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