Picws Du is in South Wales, United Kingdom.

How do I get to Picws Du?

Its coordinates are 51.8826°, -3.7278°.

Is Picws Du free to visit?

Yes, Picws Du is free to enter.

Mountains & hills · South Wales

Picws Du

In or near Cwmllynfell.

Free admission

Picws Du — Named summit at 749 m.

Picws Du, mountains & hills in South Wales — Wikimedia Commons contributors — see linked file page for photographer and licence licence

Plan your visit

Typical visit: 3 h–8 h
Best time of year: Late spring – early autumn (May–Oct)

Free entry
Dog-friendly

Picws Du is a named summit in the United Kingdom. Wikidata describes it as: "Named summit at 749 m.". Coordinates: 51.8826°, -3.7278°.

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From the Wikipedia article

Picws Du is the second highest peak of the Carmarthen Fans (Welsh: Bannau Sir Gâr or Bannau Sir Gaer) 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. 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 Carmarthen Fans situated to the west. 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.

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Background

Visiting

with Picws Du at right]] The entire mountain is open country and so freely accessible to walkers. The most popular approach includes a circuit of the neighbouring peaks of Waun Lefrith and Fan Foel. The high level route of the Beacons Way from Llangadog to Abergavenny runs over Picws Du whilst the low level route runs up to Llyn y Fan Fach and beside the Afon Sychlwch at the foot of its northern escarpment. The higher route follows the edge of the escarpment from near Fan Hir, where the path climbs the escarpment from Llyn y Fan Fawr. Stone pavements have been added at especially wet parts of the path, where the path crosses peat bogs. There is a well built stone staircase climbing the…

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