Pont Ar Daf Waterfalls
Pont ar Daf waterfall is a popular picnic spot in the summer. These waterfalls are on the stream called Blaen Taf Fawr
The Taf Fawr rises on the western slopes of Corn Du at a height of around 600m/2000ft above sea level. The elevation here is 450m. Passing under the A470 road at Pont ar Daf, it heads southwards then slightly east down Cwm Taf towards Merthyr Tydfil. The valley is now home to three reservoirs – Beacons, Cantref and Llwyn-onn, which supply water to the thirsty towns to its south.
The valley has been eroded along the line of the Merthyr Church Fault. This zone of shattered rock would have been readily eroded by both ice and water over a long period of time.
The upper reaches of the stream follows the southerly dip of the Old Red Sandstone of the Brecon Beacons as the rocks – the sandstones of the Brownstones Formation – dive southwards beneath the Carboniferous Limestone, the Millstone Grit and the Coal Measures of the South Wales Coalfield.
These waterfalls are part of the Brecon Beacons (Welsh: Bannau Brycheiniog) which is a mountain range in South Wales. In a narrow sense, the name refers to the range of Old Red Sandstone peaks popular with walkers which lie to the south of Brecon. Sometimes referred to as "the central Beacons" they include South Wales' highest mountain, Pen y Fan 1.75 miles (2.8 km) to the north-east of here. The range forms the central section of the Brecon Beacons National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog), a designation which also encompasses ranges both to the east and the west of "the central Beacons". This much wider area is also commonly referred to as "the Brecon Beacons".
The Brecon Beacons National Park was established in 1957, the third of the three Welsh parks after Snowdonia in 1951 and the Pembrokeshire Coast in 1952. It stretches from Llandeilo in the west to Hay-on-Wye in the northeast and Pontypool in the southeast, covering 519 square miles (1344 km², 332 100 acres) and encompassing four main regions - the Black Mountain in the west, Fforest Fawr (Great Forest) and the Brecon Beacons in the centre, and the confusingly named Black Mountains in the east. The western half gained European and Global status in 2005 as Fforest Fawr Geopark. This includes the Black Mountain, the historic extent of Fforest Fawr, and much of the Brecon Beacons and surrounding lowlands.
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Pont Ar Daf Waterfalls
Pont ar Daf waterfall is a popular picnic spot in the summer. These waterfalls are on the stream called Blaen Taf Fawr
The Taf Fawr rises on the western slopes of Corn Du at a height of around 600m/2000ft above sea level. The elevation here is 450m. Passing under the A470 road at Pont ar Daf, it heads southwards then slightly east down Cwm Taf towards Merthyr Tydfil. The valley is now home to three reservoirs – Beacons, Cantref and Llwyn-onn, which supply water to the thirsty towns to its south.
The valley has been eroded along the line of the Merthyr Church Fault. This zone of shattered rock would have been readily eroded by both ice and water over a long period of time.
The upper reaches of the stream follows the southerly dip of the Old Red Sandstone of the Brecon Beacons as the rocks – the sandstones of the Brownstones Formation – dive southwards beneath the Carboniferous Limestone, the Millstone Grit and the Coal Measures of the South Wales Coalfield.
These waterfalls are part of the Brecon Beacons (Welsh: Bannau Brycheiniog) which is a mountain range in South Wales. In a narrow sense, the name refers to the range of Old Red Sandstone peaks popular with walkers which lie to the south of Brecon. Sometimes referred to as "the central Beacons" they include South Wales' highest mountain, Pen y Fan 1.75 miles (2.8 km) to the north-east of here. The range forms the central section of the Brecon Beacons National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog), a designation which also encompasses ranges both to the east and the west of "the central Beacons". This much wider area is also commonly referred to as "the Brecon Beacons".
The Brecon Beacons National Park was established in 1957, the third of the three Welsh parks after Snowdonia in 1951 and the Pembrokeshire Coast in 1952. It stretches from Llandeilo in the west to Hay-on-Wye in the northeast and Pontypool in the southeast, covering 519 square miles (1344 km², 332 100 acres) and encompassing four main regions - the Black Mountain in the west, Fforest Fawr (Great Forest) and the Brecon Beacons in the centre, and the confusingly named Black Mountains in the east. The western half gained European and Global status in 2005 as Fforest Fawr Geopark. This includes the Black Mountain, the historic extent of Fforest Fawr, and much of the Brecon Beacons and surrounding lowlands.
brecon.fyinetwork.co.uk/my,7319-Pen-y-Fan--The-Pont-ar-Da...
www.fforestfawrgeopark.org.uk/understanding/wildlife-habi...