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Pen y Fan
Pen y Fan is in Brecon Beacons National Park in The Wales.
At 886 metres (2,907 ft), Pen y Fan, translated as ‘The Mountain’s Peak’ or ‘The Beacon’s Summit’, is the highest peak in South Wales, situated in the Breacon Beacon’s National Park.
The summit is marked by a well preserved and structured Bronze Age cairn with a central stone cist. The cairn is fitted with a series of concentric stone kerbs to protect the central mound from slippage. The cist is a box formed by vertical stone slabs near the centre of the barrow, and it currently has the National Trust summit sign on it, but would have held the ashes or other remnants of a dead person or people. There would also have been grave goods left with the human remains, such as flint tools, cinerary urns and flower tributes.
Pen y Fan is formed from Old Red Sandstone, which were laid down during the Devonian period. The upper slopes of the mountain are formed from those of the Brownstones Formation, whilst the lower slopes are formed from the sandstones and mudstones of the Senni Formation. The summit, like that of neighbouring Corn Du, is composed of hard-wearing sandstones of the Plateau Beds Formation.
Created: 5 September 2016 Edited: 29 November 2023
Pen y Fan Details
Pen y Fan is a 886 metre high mountain in Powys.
Pen y Fan
Pen y Fan LiDAR Map
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Local History around Pen y Fan
There are some historic monuments around including:
Afon Hepste Settlement Enclosure Ton Teg Hut Settlement Cefn Esgair-carnau Burnt Mound Cwm Cwareli Longhouse and Long Hut Cefn Esgair-Carnau round cairn (N) Lower Neuadd Standing Stone Two Cairns on Traeth Mawr Cefn Esgair-Carnau round cairn (S) Y Gyrn longhuts Roman Road on Mynydd Illtyd, North-Eastern section Storey Arms Anti-invasion Defences Blaen Glyn Round Cairn Bedd Gwyl Illtyd round cairn St Eluned's Chapel and Well Cross-Slab in Churchyard Standing Stone on Mynydd Illtyd Plas-y-Gaer Camp Slwch CampTwyn Garreg Wen Cairn Craig Cerrig-Gleisiad Prehistoric Settlement Brecon BridgeCilwhybert Castle Mound Brecon CastleTown Wall at Watton MountEnclosure West of Nant Cwm Llwch Earthwork 675m W of Dan-y-Cefn Y Gyrn Hut Platform (S)Rhyd Uchaf Hillfort Waun Tincer round cairn Llwyn-on Farmstead Twyn-y-Gaer Waunfaeog Hillfort Cefn Esgair-Carnau round cairn and long hut Town Wall and Gatehouse at Captain's WalkY Gyrn hut platforms Craig Cerrig-Gleisiad Deserted Rural Settlement Y Gyrn hut platform (N) .
