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