Llanmadoc Hill

Llanmadoc Hill is a 186-metre-high hill at the northwestern corner of the Gower Peninsula west of Swansea in South Wales. The summit at the western end of the east-west aligned ridge is crowned by a trig point; at its eastern end are a series of complex earthworks known as The Bulwark. Numerous other prehistoric cairns adorn the hill’s broad summit ridge. The hill’s position above the village of Llanmadoc within 2 km of Gower’s northwest coast enables wide panoramas to be enjoyed over the western end of the peninsula and the surrounding Loughor estuary, Rhossili Bay and Carmarthen Bay.

Llanmadoc Hill
Highest point
Elevation186 m (610 ft)
Prominence103 m (338 ft)
ListingHuMP
Coordinates51.6087°N 4.2681°W / 51.6087; -4.2681 
Naming
Language of nameWelsh
Geography
LocationSwansea,  Wales
OS gridSS 430924
Topo mapOS Landranger 159 / Explorer 164

Geology

The hill is formed from an anticlinal east-west ridge of Old Red Sandstone, the core of which is the hard sandstone of the Lower Old Red Sandstone Brownstones Formation and the northern and southern flanks of which are the overlying quartz conglomerates of the Upper Old Red Sandstone. The lower flanks of the hill are mantled by glacial till.[1]

Access

Almost the entire hill is mapped as open country under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 thus providing relatively unfettered access on foot for members of the public. There is in addition a very dense network of public footpaths and bridleways criss-crossing the hill and linking to the minor roads which surround the hill on all sides.[2] The National Trust own and manage the eastern ridge above the village of Cheriton up to The Bulwark.

References
  1. British Geological Survey 1:50,000 map sheet 246 'Worms Head & accompanying memoir
  2. Ordnance Survey Explorer map 164 Swansea & Gower
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