Caeau Pant-y-Bryn
Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales
51°48′49″N 3°56′52″W / 51.81363°N 3.94788°W / 51.81363; -3.94788
Caeau Pant-y-Bryn is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Carmarthenshire, Wales.[1][2]
SSSI
Caeau Pant-y-Bryn SSSI is located approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west of Glanaman, and covers 8.2 hectares (20 acres). Its north-east boundary abuts the Mountain Road from Glanaman to Coed Llandyfan.[1][2]
The site is a set of five unimproved fields grazed by ponies, of a type once typical in the area, but now rare. The fields sit on Namurian sandstone and quartzite covered in Pleistocene boulder clay. The SSSI citation for Caeau Pant-y-Bryn specifies that the main feature is "a large stand of purple moor-grass (Molinia caerulea) and meadow thistle (Cirsium dissectum) Fen-meadow". A number of sedges and other plants are notable at the site, including:[2]
- carnation sedge (Carex panicea)
- tawny sedge (Carex hostiana)
- flea sedge (Carex pulicaris)
- compact rush (Juncus conglomeratus)
- sharp-flowered rush (Juncus acutiflorus)
- meadow thistle (Cirsium dissectum)
- whorled caraway
- devil's-bit scabious (Succisa pratensis)
- tormentil (Potentilla erecta)
See also
References
- ^ a b "MAGIC Map Application". DEFRA MAGIC Map. DEFRA.
- ^ a b c "Site of Special Scientific Interest, Carmarthenshire, Caeau Pant-y-Bryn" (PDF). Natural Resources Wales.
External links
- SSSI Citation for Caeau Pant-y-Bryn
- Citation map for Caeau Pant-y-Bryn
- Your Special Site and its Future - Caeau Pant-y-Bryn SSSI overview from Natural Resources Wales
- Caeau Pant-y-Bryn SSSI marked on DEFRA's MAGIC Map
