National Park Visitor Centre  - the Mountain Centre

Mynydd Illtyd Common is owned by the Brecon Beacons National Park. It is an open space close open to the public to walk and enjoy. The common was purchased on 19 February '84 from the eagle star insurance company. the common is named after saint Illtyd who with saint David the patron saint of Wales was one of the early Christian teachers. He was the founder of The it important monastic settlement to at Llantwit Major circa 500 and was traditionally thought to be buried on the common though   this is no longer believed to be the case. 

There is a liaison committee which works closely with local farmers who have the right to graze their sheep, horses and cattle on the common. In addition in the autumn they may harvest the bracken on the common which is then used as bedding for the farm animals.  

Where the water collects badly as you walk along the Rupp the part time world and employed by the national Park to look after this common with the help the of young soul he has done on sunny bridge has attempted to empower the drainage to prevent this Aladdin but so far it has not been very successful and for their attempts will be made. Near to that point you will encounter a mound of the manual and close by you may be able to pick out as small enclosure and a race to a rear which was a house platform.  this particular were rude and the route between the toolbar odds are presently designated as roads used as a public footpath which will be changed to designation as a bridle way in the near future. In effect this means that four wheel drive vehicles will not be able to use this route once this change has been affected Bennett is planned to next year to improve for the damaged a as using local red sandstone word to eat grooves have damaged by Park. The, nor is managed by the national Park who comes out on a regular basis the with a liaison  committee of a local farmers. 

The two bogs Traeth Mawr and Traeth Bach are designated as a site of special scientific interest and are particularly interesting as one characteristic of this boggy area is that acidic and alkaline water are found to close together creating two the very different environments which have encouraged and the presence of plants which would not normally be found in the same locality. The boggy areas are very dangerous for walking and about a month ago a horse which wandered onto Traeth Mawr sank through the apparently solid for the grounds became trapped, a farmer entered the bogged to encourage the horse to leave and in so doing the horse fell on top of the farmer who would almost certainly have drowned if it were not for the fact that the fire brigade had arrived by this time. It is also considered that view a sunken village or Iron Age Crannog rather a village on stilts dating from the iron age similar to that to found that Llangorse Lake.