Cefn Hirgoed

Cefn Hirgoed is a ridge in Bridgend county borough in South Wales. The ridge extends for about 5km east from the village of Sarn just north of Bridgend to Pen-prysg north of Pencoed. At the point where it reaches its highest elevation of 142m, are a couple of covered reservoirs. Towards the west the M4 motorway runs along the hill’s southern edge.

Cefn Hirgoed
Highest point
Elevation142 m (466 ft)
Prominence44 m (144 ft) 
Coordinates51.536°N 3.532°W / 51.536; -3.532 
Naming
English translationback (ridge) of the long wood
Language of nameWelsh
Geography
LocationBridgend, Wales
OS gridSS939829
Topo mapOS Landranger 170 / Explorer 151

Geology

The hill is formed from relatively hard-wearing sandstones of the South Wales Lower Coal Measures with mudstone layers between the sandstones which here dip steeply northwards into the South Wales Coalfield syncline.[1]

Access

Almost the entire hill is mapped as open country under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 giving a general right of access on foot to the public. It and the adjacent Hirwaun Common are also crossed by several public footpaths. A couple of minor roads, Heol Spencer and Heol Llan/Heol-Las, run north-south across the ridge.[2]

References
  1. British Geological Survey 1:50,000 map sheet 248 Pontypridd & accompanying memoir
  2. Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 scale Explorer map 151 Cardiff & Bridgend
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