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Neath to Chepstow Area
Place count in area: 67,  
Highest place: Craig y Llyn, 600m
Maximum height for area: 600 metres,     Maximum prominence for area: 392 metres,

Note: this list of places includes island features such as summits, but not islands as such.
Gwastad Mountain , in British 500-600m List

Height: 551m OS 1:50k Mapsheet: 161 Grid Reference: SO23474 05424
Place visited by 3 members. Recently by: chalky, Fergalh, MichaelE
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Longitude: -3.109758, Latitude: 51.742275 , Easting: 323474, Northing: 205424 Prominence: 47m,  Isolation: 2.6km ,   GPS IDs, 6 char: Gwstd, 10 char: Gwastad
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Gwastad  in area Neath to Chepstow, Ireland
Picture: The view from Mynydd James
 
Flat by name flat by nature...
Short Summary created by Fergalh  28 Oct 2020
The track along the plateau makes all the hills here easy to access. This Mountain's name means Flat in English (which the plateau more or less was !) Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/B3535/comment/9678/
 
MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Gwastad  in area Neath to Chepstow, Ireland
Picture: View from Summit
Short walk to summit
by Fergalh  28 Oct 2020
This was the fifth mountain of circuit of the 6 peaks on plateau....like all of the peaks here no trig pillar summit was a short journey to left from track around 600 metres or so. Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/B3535/comment/21114/
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MountainViews.ie Picture about mountain Gwastad  in area Neath to Chepstow, Ireland
Picture: Gwasatad from Mynydd James
 
Flat !
by Fergalh  16 Nov 2020
The track along the plateau makes all the hills here easy to access. This Mountain's name means Flat in English (which the plateau more or less was !) Linkback: https://mountainviews.ie/summit/b3535/comment/21387/
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