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