Corn Du by munki-boy
Corn Du
Corn Du is in Brecon Beacons National Park in The Wales.
Corn Du, pronounced Corn Dee meaning ‘Black Horn’, is the second highest mountain in South Wales at 873 metres (2,864 ft) and is situated in the Brecon Beacons National Park.
The summit is marked by a well structured Bronze Age cairn with a central burial cist.
The views from the peak are panoramic and very extensive.
The summit is flat and anvil shaped. It is formed from Devonian age sandstones from the Upper Old Red Sandstone, known as the Plateau Beds. The rock strata are clearly visible at the edge of the escarpment, where they form a resistant edge to the cliff. The same strata are visible all along the escarpment facing north, as well as the rearward edge facing south-east and lying behind the main peak.
Created: 5 September 2016 Edited: 29 November 2023
Corn Du Details
Corn Du is a 873 metre high mountain in Powys.
Corn Du
Corn Du LiDAR Map
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Local History around Corn Du
There are some historic monuments around including:
Y Gyrn hut platform (N) Brecon CastleFan Frynych kerb cairn Cilwhybert Castle Mound Y Gyrn hut platforms Rhyd Uchaf Hillfort Cefn Esgair-carnau Burnt Mound Waun Tincer round cairn Twyn-y-Gaer Cefn Esgair-Carnau round cairn (N) Two Cairns on Traeth Mawr Cross-Slab in Churchyard Plas-y-Gaer Camp Brecon BridgeTown Wall at Watton MountTwyn Garreg Wen Cairn Blaen Glyn Round Cairn Bedd Gwyl Illtyd round cairn Slwch CampTown Wall and Gatehouse at Captain's WalkEarthwork 675m W of Dan-y-Cefn Ton Teg Hut Settlement Craig Cerrig-Gleisiad Prehistoric Settlement Standing Stone near Traeth Bach Llwyn-on Farmstead Waunfaeog Hillfort Enclosure West of Nant Cwm Llwch Afon Hepste Settlement Enclosure Y Gyrn longhuts Roman Road on Mynydd Illtyd, south-western section Standing Stone on Mynydd Illtyd Lower Neuadd Standing Stone Roman Road on Mynydd Illtyd, North-Eastern section Storey Arms Anti-invasion Defences Craig Cerrig-Gleisiad Deserted Rural Settlement Cefn Esgair-Carnau round cairn (S) Glog Las round cairn Y Gyrn Hut Platform (S)Mynydd y Garn Lluest East Cefn Esgair-Carnau round cairn and long hut .