Graig Syfyrddin [Edmund’s Tump] is a 423m hill in Monmouthshire. As a fairly isolated hill it offers great views in every direction of open countryside.
The walk is a pleasant one with gentle ascent and descent and you pick up a nicely shaded woodland walk on the Three Castles Walk footpath on the way back.
The summit is marked by a trig point and a small weather station.
Parking is on a dead-end lane and I parked opposite a series of farm buildings, driving the car onto a small verge. You should find somewhere to park on this lane and the space I found seemed a good one. The lane is quite rough in places, so drive slowly to skirt around the larger potholes.
From the moment you park you get good views of a very beautiful and peaceful part of Wales, particularly if the weather is nice – and I did this on a very hot summer’s day.
You start the walk by heading down the country lane until you find a footpath taking you left into a field and towards a small wooded area. The footpath is well marked with a well-maintained stile so you can’t miss it.
Once you get out of the woodland you take another stile into a large field, freshly ploughed when I walked it. You can head left and pick up a vehicle track through this field that takes you very near to the summit.
When you go through the final gate you can cut right and up to the trig point. Views are pretty good in most directions, but the tree line blocks views North.
After the trig point you could trace your steps back to the car, or head over the top and loop back around on a very pleasant woodland walk. A nice walk on a summer’s day and a hill well worth doing.