Cambrian Mountains

Cambrian Mountains

Cambrian Mountains

The Cambrian Mountains are a wild and empty plateau lying between the Snowdonia and Brecon Beacons National Parks. They are Wales' fourth national park in-waiting; designated in 1972, the Park was later cheated of recognition and protection, by an unholy alliance of landowners and politicians.

Once known as the "Green Desert of Wales", and generally between 1500' and 2000' in altitude, this huge area contains no sizeable settlements, except round its edges. Here are born many great rivers, whose valleys divide the plateau, and give the mountains much of their charm, as well as shelter for isolated farmsteads, and routes for travellers.

View from summit of Plynlimon
View from summit of Plynlimon in winter snow

South of the A44 lies Elenydd, a vast area of rolling moorland with few distinctive hill tops. Its best-known feature is the Elan valley, whose reservoirs supply Birmingham's water, but it is also where the rivers Irfon, Teifi and Tywi have their sources. Drygarn Fawr is the highest point, and other gems of the Elenydd include Teifi Pools, the Doethie and Pysgotwr valleys, and Mynydd Mallaen.

Cambrian Mountains

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