page_title: Cribarth
hierarchical_section_title: Cribarth
caption_attribution_description: English: The Sleeping Giant. Cribarth viewed from the A4067 at SN804120. From this angle the hill resembles the left profile of the head and chest of a man on his back - hence "Sleeping Giant".
context_page_description: Cribarth, sometimes referred to as the Sleeping Giant, is a hill in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Powys in southern Wales. The summit lies on the broken ridge at an elevation of 428m at OS grid reference SN 831143. To its west is a 426m high rounded top at SN 829144 which lies just to the northwest of a mile long ridge which forms the main bulk of the hill. The ridge attains a height of 423m high at its southwest end and this spot is marked by a trig point. Both of these latter high points are adorned by Bronze Age burial cairns.
context_section_description: Cribarth, sometimes referred to as the Sleeping Giant, is a hill in the Brecon Beacons National Park in Powys (formerly Brecknockshire) in southern Wales.  The summit lies on the broken ridge at an elevation of 428m at OS grid reference SN 831143. To its west is a 426m high rounded top at SN 829144 which lies just to the northwest of a mile long ridge which forms the main bulk of the hill.  The ridge attains a height of 423m high at its southwest end and this spot is marked by a trig point. Both of these latter high points are adorned by Bronze Age burial cairns.
caption: "Sleeping giant" profile of Cribarth viewed from the southwest
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