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Llandeilo Road

2628.1 m · gain 128.8 m · overall 4.9% · Glanaman · Sir Gaerfyrddin - Carmarthenshire

Shape: stepped — 47% of the climbing sits in a quarter of the distance; longest continuous stretch at 10%+ is 114 m.

An unlisted find of this survey, on no list we know of. It was discovered by analysing LiDAR terrain data and cross-checked against the OS road network, surface models and map tags — but despite all that, a discovery can still be an artifact of the terrain model or the map. Treat it as a well-evidenced hypothesis until someone has ridden it. If that someone is you, tell us what you found — photographs, corrections and local knowledge all welcome; the map links below let you scout it first.

≈ Overhead cover (tree canopy or structures) spans 66% of this route — detected by comparing the surface model (DSM, treetops and rooftops) against the terrain model (DTM, bare ground). Under cover the bare-ground model is built from fewer laser returns, so metre-scale readings can wobble; maxima whose window sits in a covered zone are marked ≈ below — less certain, not wrong. Longer windows average over more clean ground and are steadier.

Gradient ladder what do windows mean?

WindowMaximumLocated at
2 m (diagnostic)47.4%2160–2162 munder overhead cover terrain reads 65.3% at 2062–2064 m across a structure — excluded
3 m (diagnostic)46.2%2278–2281 munder overhead cover terrain reads 56.7% at 1831–1834 m across a structure — excluded
5 m38.6%1900–1905 munder overhead cover terrain reads 49.1% at 1831–1836 m across a structure — excluded
10 m36.7%1897–1907 munder overhead cover
20 m32.4%1895–1915 munder overhead cover
25 m29.8%1896–1921 munder overhead cover
50 m24.1%1871–1921 munder overhead cover
100 m17.6%1842–1942 munder overhead cover terrain reads 20.9% at 1827–1927 m across a structure — excluded

descends_at_end Extent detection suggests reviewing where this climb starts/ends.

Map

Check this route yourself: Google Maps route via their router · Street View at the base where coverage exists · geojson.io our exact measured line · OpenTopoMap

  © OpenStreetMap contributors · topo tiles © OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA) · vector tiles OpenFreeMap

Llandeilo Road LiDAR hillshade map with contours

Profile

Llandeilo Road elevation profile Llandeilo Road rolling gradient profile

Provenance

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  "sample_interval_m": 1.0,
  "interpolation": "bilinear",
  "smoothing": "none",
  "gradient_windows_m": [
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  "elevation_crs": "EPSG:27700",
  "elevation_resolution_m": 1.0,
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    "data/cache/wales/dtm_1m/wg_del_21_267215_20220113dtm.tif",
    "data/cache/wales/dtm_1m/wg_del_21_268214_20220113dtm.tif",
    "data/cache/wales/dtm_1m/wg_del_21_268215_20220113dtm.tif",
    "data/cache/wales/dtm_1m/wg_del_21_269214_20220113dtm.tif",
    "data/cache/wales/dtm_1m/wg_del_21_269215_20220113dtm.tif"
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  "calculated_at": "2026-08-12T09:10:45+00:00",
  "road_source": "OpenStreetMap (local PBF extract)",
  "road_attribution": "\u00a9 OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL",
  "osm_pbf_path": "data/cache/pbf/wales-2026-08-11.osm.pbf",
  "osm_snapshot": "2026-08-10T20:21:40Z",
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  "elevation_dataset": "Welsh Government LiDAR 1m DTM (2020-2023)",
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  "elevation_capture_dates": [
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  "climb_origin": "discovered",
  "notes": "Coarse pass: max 10.5% over 200 m (Terrain 50), gain 54.8 m over 1820 m way. EXTENDED by graph walk: +0 segment(s) at base, +3 at top (stop: base=no_descending_continuation, top=no_ascending_continuation; min_avg=2.0%). Review before adopting. DEDUPE: absorbed 1 overlapping proposal(s): discovered-lane-51-8138-3-9062 ROAD-REVIEW: way 224861508: unnamed service way; way 224861508: service way, surface untagged ADOPTED (notable slice 2026-08-11): qualified-steep."
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