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:
Afon Hepste Settlement Enclosure Waun Tincer round cairn Bedd Gwyl Illtyd round cairn Two Cairns on Traeth Mawr Twyn-y-Gaer Blaen Glyn Round Cairn Standing Stone near Traeth Bach Plas-y-Gaer Camp Roman Road on Mynydd Illtyd, North-Eastern section Mynydd y Garn Lluest East Y Gyrn Hut Platform (S)Storey Arms Anti-invasion Defences Cefn Esgair-Carnau round cairn (S) Cilwhybert Castle Mound Llwyn-on Farmstead Cefn Esgair-Carnau round cairn and long hut Brecon BridgeBrecon CastleCraig Cerrig-Gleisiad Deserted Rural Settlement Twyn Garreg Wen Cairn Glog Las round cairn Standing Stone on Mynydd Illtyd Town Wall and Gatehouse at Captain's WalkWaunfaeog Hillfort Cross-Slab in Churchyard Cefn Esgair-carnau Burnt Mound Ton Teg Hut Settlement Cefn Esgair-Carnau round cairn (N) Enclosure West of Nant Cwm Llwch Lower Neuadd Standing Stone Slwch CampRoman Road on Mynydd Illtyd, south-western section Craig Cerrig-Gleisiad Prehistoric Settlement Town Wall at Watton MountY Gyrn hut platform (N) Y Gyrn longhuts Fan Frynych kerb cairn Rhyd Uchaf Hillfort Y Gyrn hut platforms Earthwork 675m W of Dan-y-Cefn .