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241 Dolaucothi
- Pumpsaint character area lies across the valley floor of the
Cothi and consists of Pumpsaint village, and the park and gardens
attached to the former Dolaucothi House. The village mostly consists
of 19th century buildings erected in a distinctive style by the
Dolaucothi estate in the 1850s. |
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242 Cwrt-y-cadno
character area lies in the upper Cothi valley. It is a landscape
of dispersed farms, small fields and woodland. Many of the farms
were built by the Dolaucothi estate in the 1850s in a distinctive
'pattern-book' style. |
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243 Dolaucothi
Gold Mines character area consists entirely of the remains
of the gold mining industry dating from Roman times to the 20th
century. The National Trust own the site, and they have re-erected
examples of mine buildings as visitor attractions. |
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244
Caio character area is centred on the village of Caio. However,
the main components of this landscape comprise dispersed farms and
irregular fields of pasture which are divided by earth banks and
hedges. |
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245 Caio
Forest character area consists of a large 20th century conifer
plantation which has been established over unenclosed moorland.
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246
Banc Llwynceiliog character area lies on the upper valley side
of the Afon Cothi. Old enclosures of banks and hedges have now broken
down and the area is essentially open improved pasture. Linear earthworks
of Roman aqueducts which run along the valley side are prominent
landscape elements. |
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247
Mynydd Mallaen character area comprises of a high moorland plateau
which is surrounded by lower lying farms and fields and flanked
by forestry. |
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248
Dyffryn Fanagoed character area lies across the floor and lower
slopes of a high, open valley, and consists of dispersed farms,
the buildings of which are mostly 19th century, and small irregular
fields |
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249
Allt-yr-hebog character area comprises of ancient deciduous
woodland and conifer plantations on the steep sides of the upper
Cothi valley. |
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250
Allt-y-Berth character area consists of deciduous woodland and
a little moorland on steep, craggy slopes of the upper Cothi valley.
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251
Cefn Branddu character area lies over a high rounded ridge.
Old boundary banks have now broken down and the area is now essentially
unenclosed improved pasture and moorland with bracken and deciduous
woodland on the steep flanking slopes. |
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252
Bryn Arau Duon character area consists of a large 20th century
forestry plantation that has been established across high moorland
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253
Dyffryn Cothi character area lies across the floodplain and
lower valley sides of the Cothi and its tributaries. It is characterised
by dispersed farms and fields of pasture. Former parkland spreads
across the valley floors close to Edwinsford and Glan yr Annell.
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