Cefn Gwyngul

Cefn Gwyngul
Highest point
Elevation470 m (1,540 ft)
Prominence79 m (259 ft) 
Coordinates51°40′00″N 3°25′48″W / 51.6668°N 3.4301°W / 51.6668; -3.4301
Naming
Language of nameWelsh
Geography
LocationRhondda Cynon Taf, Wales
OS gridST 012974
Topo mapOS Landranger 170 / Explorer 166

Cefn Gwyngul is a long broad ridge to the east of the Rhondda Fach valley in Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough in South Wales. Its 470m high summit is marked by an ancient cairn known as Carn-y-Pigwn, on which is a more recent trig point. Much of the hill is cloaked by modern forestry plantations though its southwestern flank between Porth and Ferndale has not been coniferised. The earthworks of a Roman camp remain on the ridge at OS grid ref ST 002982.