Picws Du is the second highest peak of the Carmarthen Fans (or, in Welsh Bannau Sir Gâr) in the Carmarthenshire section of the Black Mountain in the west of the Brecon Beacons National Park in south Wales. The highest peak is Fan Foel immediately next along the ridge and it is a subsidiary summit of Fan Brycheiniog.[1]
Picws Du falls within Fforest Fawr Geopark and its prominent summit is marked by a large Bronze Age round barrow at a height of 2457 feet above sea level. Waun Lefrith is the other, lower summit of the Bannau Sir Gâr / Carmarthen Fans situated to the west.[2] The peak overlooks the glacial lake of Llyn y Fan Fach in the cwm below. As the peak sits on the edge of the escarpment on a ridge which juts out into the valley below, the views from the summit are panoramic and extensive. The views to the north are especially impressive when the weather is clear, looking towards the Cambrian Mountains, Mynydd Epynt and Brecon. Swansea and the Bristol Channel can just be seen on the horizon to the south, across the gently falling dip slope. Pen y Fan and Corn Du are distinctive landmarks seen directly to the east across Fforest Fawr.
Llyn y Fan Fach lake below Picws Du
^Nuttall, John & Anne (1999). The Mountains of England & Wales - Volume 1: Wales (2nd edition ed.). Milnthorpe, Cumbria: Cicerone. ISBN 1-85284-304-7.
^Ordnance Survey Explorer map OL12 'Brecon Beacons National Park: western area'
PicwsDu is the second highest peak of the Carmarthen Fans (or, in Welsh Bannau Sir Gâr) in the Carmarthenshire section of the Black Mountain in the west...
The lake is overlooked by several prominent mountain peaks, especially PicwsDu and Waun Lefrith. Waun Lefrith is formed from the sandstones and mudstones...
recur in the Black Mountain (range) to the west, and cap the summits of PicwsDu and Fan Foel, as well as forming steep cliffs below the peaks. Nearby is...
and is dry underfoot when the weather is clear. The path leads on to PicwsDu and Waun Lefrith above the smaller glacial lake of Llyn y Fan Fach. Fan...
traverses the three main summits of the Carmarthen Fans, these being Fan Foel, PicwsDu and Waun Lefrith, passing above Llyn y Fan Fach before dropping down to...
(range), especially Llyn y Fan Fach and Llyn y Fan Fawr below the summits of PicwsDu and Fan Foel. Numerous landslips have occurred in the post-glacial period...
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