The hill is sometimes referred to as The Sleeping Giant after the resemblance of its skyline to such a figure when seen from further down the upper Swansea Valley.
Neither edition covered the communities of the Swansea Valley, even though some are within the boundaries of the Neath Port Talbot county borough.
Ogwyn Davies (born 1925) is a Welsh artist, born in Trebanos in the Swansea Valley.
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The Cwm Twrch television relay station is sited on high ground to the southeast of the village of Upper Cwm Twrch in the upper Swansea Valley.
Various public footpaths and bridleways provide access over its lower slopes from the communities in the upper Swansea Valley such as Abercraf, Ynyswen and Pen-y-cae.