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