page_title: Mynydd Epynt
hierarchical_section_title: Mynydd Epynt
caption_attribution_description: English: View east from Blaen Bwch Farm, near to Maesmynis, Powys, Great Britain. Looking over the Nant Bwch valley on a wintry morning.
context_page_description: Mynydd Epynt is an upland area of Mid Wales within the county of Powys, Wales. It is bounded to the south by the upper section of the valley of the River Usk and the Brecon Beacons National Park, to the north by the valley of the Afon Irfon, and to the east by the valley of the River Wye. Its western boundary is less distinct but lies eastward of the A483 Llandovery to Llanwrtyd Wells road. Its character is that of an extensive though dissected moorland plateau lying between 400 and 450m above sea level and whose highest point of 478m is reached at an unnamed rise at OS grid ref SN 961464.
  The south-western part of Mynydd Epynt is known as Mynydd Bwlch-y-groes. The area is drained by several southward-flowing rivers which empty into the River Usk. These include the Cilieni, Nant Bran, Afon Ysgir and Afon Honddu. The Duhonw drains north-eastward into the River Wye. The highest point is a Marilyn.
  The Welsh-language name means mountain horse-path. It can be spelled as Mynydd Eppynt. In earlier times it was known simply as Epynt and is commonly referred to today as the Epynt.
context_section_description: Mynydd Epynt (Welsh: [ˈmənɨð ˈɛpɨnt]) is an upland area of Mid Wales within the county of Powys, Wales.  It is bounded to the south by the upper section of the valley of the River Usk and the Brecon Beacons National Park, to the north by the valley of the Afon Irfon, and to the east by the valley of the River Wye. Its western boundary is less distinct but lies eastward of the A483 Llandovery to Llanwrtyd Wells road. Its character is that of an extensive though dissected moorland plateau lying between 400 and 450m above sea level and whose highest point of 478m (1,568 ft) is reached at an unnamed rise at OS grid ref SN 961464. 
  The south-western part of Mynydd Epynt is known as Mynydd Bwlch-y-groes. The area is drained by several southward-flowing rivers which empty into the River Usk.  These include (from west to east) the Cilieni, Nant Bran, Afon Ysgir (with its two headwaters the Ysgir Fechan and Ysgir Fawr) and Afon Honddu. The Duhonw drains north-eastward into the River Wye. The highest point is a Marilyn (having topographic prominence of at least 150m).
  The Welsh-language name means mountain (crossed by a) horse-path. It can be spelled as Mynydd Eppynt. In earlier times it was known simply as Epynt and is commonly referred to today as the Epynt.
  Musician Gruff Rhys has a song called 'Epynt' after the mountain, which features on his first solo album Yr Atal Genhedlaeth. Also the song context is about money, with the 'E' standing for the Euro, and 'pynt' sounding similar to the Welsh word for Pound.
caption: View east from Blaen Bwch Farm 674351
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