RODNEYS PILLAR, BREIDDEN HILLS, CRIGGION, POWYS, WALES.
RODNEY’S PILLAR IS THE MOST REMARKABLE OF THE THREE BREIDDEN HILLS THAT SEEM TO RISE ALMOST VERTICALLY FROM THE SEVERN PLAIN. THE ABRUPT OUTLINE OF THESE HILLS MAKES THEM EASY TO SPOT FROM A GREAT DISTANCE AWAY, AND YOU HAVE PROBABLY BEEN ABLE TO PICK THEM OUT FROM SOME OF THE OTHER SUMMITS YOU HAVE VISITED. ALTHOUGH THE MOUNTAIN YOU ARE CLIMBING HERE IS ACTUALLY BREIDDEN HILL AND STANDS OVER 1200FT HIGH, EVERYONE KNOWS IT BY THE NAME OF RODNEY’S PILLAR, THE MONUMENT THAT STANDS ON ITS SUMMIT. 
IN THE 18TH CENTURY, ADMIRAL GEORGE BRYDGES RODNEY ACHIEVED SOME SPECTACULAR NAVAL VICTORIES AGAINST BOTH FRENCH AND SPANISH FLEETS AND THIS TALL GREY PILLAR WAS ERECTED BY LOCAL GENTRY IN RECOGNITION OF THE FACT THAT THE SHIPS HE USED WERE BUILT OF MONTGOMERYSHIRE OAK.  IN RECENT YEARS THE WEST SIDE OF THE HILL HAS BEEN QUARRIED TO YIELD GRANITE AND BASALT, WHICH SHOWS THAT THESE HILLS WERE WITHOUT DOUBT ONCE VOLCANOES.

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