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