Monmouthshire topographic map

Snowdon (/ˈsnoʊdən/) or Yr Wyddfa (pronounced [ər ˈʊɨ̞̯ðva] (listen)), is the highest mountain in Wales, at an elevation of 1,085 metres (3,560 ft) above sea level, and the highest point in the British Isles outside the Scottish Highlands. It is located in Snowdonia National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol…

Average elevation: 692 m

Average elevation: 319 m

Average elevation: 41 m

Average elevation: 55 m

Average elevation: 132 m

There is little evidence of Roman occupation in what is now Pembrokeshire. Ptolemy's Geography, written c. 150, mentioned some coastal places, two of which have been identified as the River Teifi and what is now St Davids Head, but most Roman writers did not mention the area; there may have been a Roman…

Average elevation: 43 m

Average elevation: 139 m

Average elevation: 229 m

Brecon Beacons National Park, officially named Bannau Brycheiniog National Park (Welsh pronunciation), is a national park in Wales. It is named after the Brecon Beacons (Welsh: Bannau Brycheiniog), the mountain range at its centre. The national park includes the highest mountain in South Wales, Pen y Fan,…

Average elevation: 270 m

Average elevation: 102 m

Average elevation: 199 m

Average elevation: 216 m

Much of Swansea is hilly with the main area of upland being located in the council ward of Mawr. Areas up to 185 metres (607 ft) in elevation range across the central section: Kilvey Hill, Townhill and Llwynmawr separate the centre of Swansea from its northern suburbs. Cefn Bryn, a ridge of high land, is the…

Average elevation: 73 m

Average elevation: 256 m

Average elevation: 89 m

Average elevation: 49 m

Average elevation: 270 m

Average elevation: 29 m

Average elevation: 41 m

Average elevation: 187 m

Average elevation: 215 m

Topographically, the village slopes in a general south west to north east direction thus affording panoramic views of the Black Mountain in the east with its peaks - Tair Cairn 482 m, Garreg Lwyd 616 m and behind them Fan Hir 802 m. To the south there are views from Betws Mountain to Mynydd y Gwair above…

Average elevation: 81 m

Average elevation: 22 m

Average elevation: 279 m

Average elevation: 399 m

Average elevation: 252 m

Average elevation: 161 m

Average elevation: 183 m

Average elevation: 62 m

Aberystwyth experiences an oceanic climate (Köppen climate classification Cfb) similar to almost all of the United Kingdom. This is particularly pronounced due to its west coast location facing the Irish Sea. Air undergoes little land moderation and so temperatures closely reflect the sea temperature when…

Average elevation: 39 m

Average elevation: 235 m

Average elevation: 266 m

Average elevation: 310 m

Average elevation: 232 m

Average elevation: 46 m

Average elevation: 115 m

Average elevation: 487 m

Average elevation: 313 m

Average elevation: 36 m

Average elevation: 84 m

Average elevation: 81 m

Average elevation: 216 m

Average elevation: 58 m

Average elevation: 149 m

Average elevation: 17 m

Average elevation: 322 m

Average elevation: 277 m

Average elevation: 57 m

Average elevation: 251 m

Average elevation: 142 m

Average elevation: 138 m

Average elevation: 323 m

By the end of the 19th-century there were serious water shortages in the western parts of the historic county of Monmouthshire. The area had seen a massive population increase as a result of the steel and coal industries but the supply of water to the area was complicated due to its high altitude. A site for a…

Average elevation: 619 m

Average elevation: 483 m

Average elevation: 467 m

Average elevation: 149 m

Average elevation: 299 m

Average elevation: 115 m

Average elevation: 158 m

Average elevation: 312 m

Average elevation: 216 m

Average elevation: 529 m

Average elevation: 191 m

Average elevation: 210 m

Average elevation: 152 m

Average elevation: 206 m

Average elevation: 113 m

Average elevation: 94 m

Average elevation: 12 m

Average elevation: 160 m

Average elevation: 293 m

Average elevation: 259 m

Average elevation: 218 m

Average elevation: 57 m

Average elevation: 19 m

Exterior A large iron framed market hall with two full elevations and three secondary entrances through other street frontages, eg. Jubilee Building, Crane Street. Built of grey narrow coursed rock faced pennant limestone with some larger stones, and with yellow Ebbw Vale brick dressings and a Welsh slate…

Average elevation: 206 m

Average elevation: 295 m

Average elevation: 510 m

Average elevation: 143 m

Average elevation: 223 m

Average elevation: 101 m

Average elevation: 182 m

Average elevation: 209 m

Average elevation: 48 m

Average elevation: 185 m

Average elevation: 210 m

Average elevation: 197 m

Average elevation: 172 m

Average elevation: 284 m

Average elevation: 86 m

Average elevation: 237 m

Average elevation: 140 m

Average elevation: 64 m

Average elevation: 126 m

Average elevation: 159 m

In the 19th century, Richard Bassett, a prominent figure in Glamorgan resided at Bonvilston House and owned the manor. The 1811 A Topographical Dictionary of The Dominion of Wales by Nicholas Carlisle said of the village.

Average elevation: 83 m

Average elevation: 56 m

Average elevation: 296 m

Average elevation: 424 m

Average elevation: 135 m