Corn Du Cairn (SO00752133)
Getting to the top of Corn Du in the Brecon Beacons has been on the to do list for a while .Finally got round to it this week . Took the train to Merthyr and T4 bus from there to Storey Arms ,
arriving 9.45 .It's a lovely December morning the sun is threatening to make an appearance . A few people were mulling around the car park . I walk up to a wooden gate go across the footbridge over the river . On the other side Corn Du comes into view the summit is covered in snow . The uphill hike isn't that difficult , adrenaline ? . I get to the the turning off point on my map Bwlch Duwynt (windy pass) a lot quicker than I anticipated . Pausing for a drink and taking in the spectacular view of the Neuadd Valley ahead over snow covered peaks , below me down in the lush green fields fog hangs listless over the top's of trees .
The summit of Corn Du is 500 metres away East to my left .
I walk up the a well trodden path that disappears under thick ice . The summit is 50 metres away there's a bit of climbing up and over large slabs of old red sandstone that have been here since the Devonian period 419.2 million years ago . Slippery than an ice rink . Camera in one hand holding on with the other ..
The Bronze Age Cairn is set on the eastern edge in a spectacular setting .The cairn has a 12 metre diameter . An excavation in 1978 revealed the remains of complex cyst . Excavated again in 1991 a bronze brooch and spearhead were found inside the chamber .
Cairns were used by the living to carry out rituals .Mountains were revered by the ancients 99% of the cairns I have visited in the Rhondda uplands are in full view of Corn Du / Pen Y Fan .
What a day ..
...for Rhian
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