Breidden Hill

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Breidden Hill is an extinct volcanic hill, located on the border between Shropshire, England and Powys, Wales, near the town of Llandrinio. The peak of the hill reaches to 1199 ft. ^[1] Footpaths which lead up to the summit provide excellent views over the Shropshire Plain and Mid-Wales. Breidden Hill is one of three peaks with neighbouring Moel y Golfa, which is the highest at 1324 ft.^{[citation needed]} The other is Cefn y Castell, also known as Middletown Hill.

There are remains of an old hill fort en route which may have been the site of the last stand of Caractacus. Rodney's Pillar at the top was built by the gentlemen of Montgomeryshire who supplied oak from the area and shipped them down the River Severn to Bristol where Admiral Rodney's fleet was built.