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Pen y Fan, Corn Du & Llyn Cwm Llwch

Pen y Fan & Corn Du
(from Nant Cwm Llwch)

Notes and points of interest

Nant Cwm Llwch is a camping area, car park and popular starting point for Brecon Beacons walks. The site itself is pretty, surrounded by trees, bounded by a tumbling stream and offering views of Corn Du and Cwm Llwch

Cwm Gedi car park occupies a former army camp site.

Geology This area, owned and managed by the National Trust, is formed of Old Red Sandstone, shaped by glaciation.

Pen y Fan (896 metres / 2939 feet) is the highest mountain in the Brecon Beacons and, in fact, in the whole of South Wales. The summit is marked by a cairn.

Corn Du (873 metres / 2864 feet) Although smaller than Pen y Fan and closely joined, this mountain is strikingly attractive in its own right. Where Cwm Llwch is scooped out of its side it is left with a sharp cliff which almost overhangs.

Allt Dhu (650 metres / 2132 feet) is part of the same ridge linking Pen y Fan and Corn Du

Tommy Jones' obelisk The inscription on the obelisk reads, "This obelisk marks the spot where the body of Tommy Jones, aged 5, was found. He lost his way between Cwm Llwch farm and the Login on the night of August 4th 1900. After an anxious search of 29 days his remains were discovered on September 1st. Erected by voluntary subscription."

Llyn Cwm Llwch is a near-circular tarn in the classic bowl-shaped cirque of Cwm Llwch. A cwm (or cirque) is a glacial feature - plucked out of the mountainside by an ice tributary of the main glacier.