Pant stretches north from the Heads of the Valleys Road to the gorge of the Taf Fechan.  No part of the community is within the Geopark but it borders it for 6km.  Locations outside the Geopark are denoted by an asterisk (*)

The lie of the land

The community ranges in height from around 240m at Pont Sarn on the Taf Fechan up to 530m at Pwll Mere in the northeast.  It is drained by that river and the Nant Morlais* which flows south through Merthyr Tydfil*.

Solid rocks

The gorge of the Taf Fechan is cut into the Carboniferous Limestones which dominate the northern and western parts of the community.

The southern and eastern parts of the community are underlain by sandstones and mudstones of the Namurian and Westphalian (Lower Coal Measures) parts of the Carboniferous period.

These rocks dip generally towards the southeast.  A series of geological faults run in a NW-SE direction.

Legacy of the Ice Ages

Much of the ground is covered by glacial till.

Archaeology

The remains of Morlais Castle* overlook the Taf Fechan.

Map

Geology

Sheet 231 'Merthyr Tydfil' of the British Geological Survey’s 1:50,000 map series of England and Wales gives full coverage of both the bedrock geology and superficial deposits of the Community area.  It is available in two editions.  BGS publishes a 'memoir' to accompany these maps.

General

The following Ordnance Survey maps cover the Community:

• Landranger sheet 160 'Brecon Beacons' (1:50,000 scale)
• Explorer sheet OL12 'Brecon Beacons National Park/Western area' (1:25,000 scale)

Public transport

Bus services operate along the road.

See Traveline Cymru for bus and train services including stops, timetables and route-planning information.