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Radnor Forest

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Radnor Forest (Fforest Clud) is a rock dome composed of Silurian shales, mudstones and limestone in Mid Wales, and a forest only in the mediaeval sense of an unenclosed area used for hunting. [1]

69 relations: Aberystwyth, Bache Hill, Bilberry, Bird of prey, Black Mixen, Black Mountains, Wales, Bronze Age, Cambrian Mountains, Cascob, Church in Wales, Common buzzard, Cyperaceae, Diocese of Swansea and Brecon, Dipper, Dolau, Dragon, Empetrum nigrum, Ericaceae, Eriophorum, Forest, Forestry Commission, Gladestry, Hergest Ridge, Hunting, Hut circle, Kington, Herefordshire, Knighton, Powys, Lichen, Limestone, Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles, Llandrindod Wells, Llanfihangel Rhydithon, Marchantiophyta, Marjoram, Michael (archangel), Mid Wales, Middle Ages, Molinia caerulea, Moss, Motte-and-bailey castle, Mudstone, New Radnor, Normans, Offa's Dyke, Old Radnor, Peat, Plateau, Powys, Presteigne, Radnorshire, ..., Red grouse, Red kite, Rhos Fawr, Ring cairn, Saxicola, Saxifraga, Sedum, Shale, Silurian, Site of Special Scientific Interest, Transmitter, Triangulation station, Tumulus, Valley, Wales, Waterfall, Welsh Marches, Wheatear, Whinchat. Expand index (19 more) »

Aberystwyth

Aberystwyth (Mouth of the Ystwyth) is a historic market town, administrative centre, and holiday resort within Ceredigion, West Wales, often colloquially known as Aber.

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Bache Hill

Bache Hill (Bryn Bach) is a subsidiary summit of Rhos Fawr or Great Rhos, in the Radnor Forest in Wales.

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Bilberry

Bilberries are any of several primarily Eurasian species of low-growing shrubs in the genus Vaccinium (family Ericaceae), bearing edible, nearly black berries.

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Bird of prey

A bird of prey, predatory bird, or raptor is any of several species of bird that hunts and feeds on rodents and other animals.

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Black Mixen

Black Mixen (Y Domen Ddu) is a subsidiary summit of Rhos Fawr or Great Rhos in the Radnor Forest.

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Black Mountains, Wales

The Black Mountains (Y Mynyddoedd Duon) are a group of hills spread across parts of Powys and Monmouthshire in southeast Wales, and extending across the England–Wales border into Herefordshire.

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Bronze Age

The Bronze Age is a historical period characterized by the use of bronze, and in some areas proto-writing, and other early features of urban civilization.

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Cambrian Mountains

The Cambrian Mountains (Mynyddoedd Cambria, in a narrower sense: Elenydd) are a series of mountain ranges in Wales.

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Cascob

Cascob (Welsh: Casgob) is a small village in Powys.

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Church in Wales

The Church in Wales (Yr Eglwys yng Nghymru) is the Anglican church in Wales, composed of six dioceses.

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Common buzzard

The common buzzard (Buteo buteo) is a medium-to-large bird of prey whose range covers most of Europe and extends into Asia.

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Cyperaceae

The Cyperaceae are a family of monocotyledonous graminoid flowering plants known as sedges, which superficially resemble grasses and rushes.

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Diocese of Swansea and Brecon

The Diocese of Swansea and Brecon was established as a Diocese of the Church in Wales in 1923 with Brecon Priory as the cathedral.

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Dipper

Dippers are members of the genus Cinclus in the bird family Cinclidae, named for their bobbing or dipping movements.

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Dolau

Dolau is a small village in Powys, mid Wales.

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Dragon

A dragon is a large, serpent-like legendary creature that appears in the folklore of many cultures around the world.

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Empetrum nigrum

Empetrum nigrum, crowberry, black crowberry, or, in western Alaska, blackberry, is a flowering plant species in the heather family Ericaceae with a near circumboreal distribution in the northern hemisphere.

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Ericaceae

The Ericaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the heath or heather family, found most commonly in acid and infertile growing conditions.

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Eriophorum

Eriophorum (cottongrass, cotton-grass or cottonsedge) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cyperaceae, the sedge family.

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Forest

A forest is a large area dominated by trees.

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Forestry Commission

The Forestry Commission is a non-ministerial government department responsible for forestry in England and Scotland (on 1 April 2013 Forestry Commission Wales merged with other agencies to become Natural Resources Wales).

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Gladestry

Gladestry (Llanfair Llythynwg) is a small village and community in Powys, mid Wales, close to the border with England at the end of the Hergest Ridge and south of the large moorland area of Radnor Forest.

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Hergest Ridge

Hergest Ridge is a large elongated hill which traverses the border between England and Wales in the United Kingdom, between the town of Kington in Herefordshire and the village of Gladestry in Powys.

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Hunting

Hunting is the practice of killing or trapping animals, or pursuing or tracking them with the intent of doing so.

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Hut circle

In archeology, a hut circle is a circular or oval depression in the ground with evidence of a low stone wall around it that used to be the foundation of a round house.

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Kington, Herefordshire

Kington is a market town, electoral ward and civil parish in Herefordshire, England.

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Knighton, Powys

Knighton (Welsh: Tref-y-clawdd or Trefyclo) is a small market town in Powys, Wales, on the River Teme and the English-Welsh border.

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Lichen

A lichen is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi in a symbiotic relationship.

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Limestone

Limestone is a sedimentary rock, composed mainly of skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral, forams and molluscs.

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Lists of mountains and hills in the British Isles

The mountains and hills of Great Britain, and to a lesser extent Ireland, are the subject of a considerable number of lists that categorise them by height, topographic prominence, or other criteria.

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Llandrindod Wells

Llandrindod Wells (Llandrindod, "Trinity Parish") is a town and community in Powys, within the historic boundaries of Radnorshire, Wales.

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Llanfihangel Rhydithon

Llanfihangel Rhydithon is a community in the county of Powys, Wales, and is 56.1 miles (90.3km) from Cardiff and 143.5 miles (231.0km) from London.

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Marchantiophyta

The Marchantiophyta are a division of non-vascular land plants commonly referred to as hepatics or liverworts.

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Marjoram

Marjoram (Origanum majorana) is a somewhat cold-sensitive perennial herb or undershrub with sweet pine and citrus flavors.

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Michael (archangel)

Michael (translit; translit; Michahel;ⲙⲓⲭⲁⲏⲗ, translit) is an archangel in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.

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Mid Wales

Mid Wales (Canolbarth Cymru or simply Y Canolbarth "The Midlands") is the name given to the central region of Wales.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages (or Medieval Period) lasted from the 5th to the 15th century.

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Molinia caerulea

Molinia caerulea (purple moor-grass) is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, native to Europe, west Asia, and north Africa.

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Moss

Mosses are small flowerless plants that typically grow in dense green clumps or mats, often in damp or shady locations.

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Motte-and-bailey castle

A motte-and-bailey castle is a fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised earthwork called a motte, accompanied by an enclosed courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade.

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Mudstone

Mudstone, a type of mudrock, is a fine-grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clays or muds.

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New Radnor

New Radnor (Maesyfed) is a village in Powys, mid Wales.

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Normans

The Normans (Norman: Normaunds; Normands; Normanni) were the people who, in the 10th and 11th centuries, gave their name to Normandy, a region in France.

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Offa's Dyke

Offa's Dyke (Clawdd Offa) is a large linear earthwork that roughly follows the current border between England and Wales.

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Old Radnor

Old Radnor (Pencraig) is a town and community in Powys (historically in Radnorshire), Wales.

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Peat

Peat, also called turf, is an accumulation of partially decayed vegetation or organic matter that is unique to natural areas called peatlands, bogs, mires, moors, or muskegs.

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Plateau

In geology and physical geography a plateau (or; plural plateaus or plateaux),is also called a high plain or a tableland, it is an area of a highland, usually consisting of relatively flat terrain that is raised significantly above the surrounding area, often with one or more sides with steep slopes.

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Powys

Powys is a principal area, a county and one of the preserved counties of Wales.

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Presteigne

Presteigne (Llanandras (the church of St. Andrew)) is a town and community in Powys, Wales.

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Radnorshire

Radnor or Radnorshire (Sir Faesyfed) is a sparsely populated area, one of thirteen historic and former administrative counties of Wales.

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Red grouse

The red grouse, Lagopus lagopus scotica, is a medium-sized bird of the grouse family which is found in heather moorland in Great Britain and Ireland.

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Red kite

The red kite (Milvus milvus) is a medium-large bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as eagles, buzzards, and harriers.

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Rhos Fawr

Rhos Fawr or Great Rhos is a mountain summit in Mid Wales, and is the highest point on the Radnor Forest rock dome being 660 m or 2170 ft in height.

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Ring cairn

A ring cairn (also correctly termed a ring bank enclosure, but sometimes wrongly described as a ring barrow) is a circular or slightly oval, ring-shaped, low (maximum 0.5 metres high) embankment, several metres wide and from 8 to 20 metres in diameter.

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Saxicola

Saxicola (Latin: saxum, rock + incola, dwelling in.), the stonechats or chats, is a genus of 15 species of small passerine birds restricted to the Old World.

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Saxifraga

Saxifraga is the largest genus in the family Saxifragaceae, containing about 440 species of holarctic perennial plants, known as saxifrages or rockfoils.

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Sedum

Sedum is a large genus of flowering plants in the family Crassulaceae, members of which are commonly known as stonecrops.

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Shale

Shale is a fine-grained, clastic sedimentary rock composed of mud that is a mix of flakes of clay minerals and tiny fragments (silt-sized particles) of other minerals, especially quartz and calcite.

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Silurian

The Silurian is a geologic period and system spanning 24.6 million years from the end of the Ordovician Period, at million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Devonian Period, Mya.

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Site of Special Scientific Interest

A Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Great Britain or an Area of Special Scientific Interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of Man.

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Transmitter

In electronics and telecommunications, a transmitter or radio transmitter is an electronic device which produces radio waves with an antenna.

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Triangulation station

A triangulation station, also known as a triangulation pillar, trigonometrical station, trigonometrical point, trig station, trig beacon, or trig point, and sometimes informally as a trig, is a fixed surveying station, used in geodetic surveying and other surveying projects in its vicinity.

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Tumulus

A tumulus (plural tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves.

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Valley

A valley is a low area between hills or mountains often with a river running through it.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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Waterfall

A waterfall is a place where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops in the course of a stream or river.

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Welsh Marches

The Welsh Marches (Y Mers) is an imprecisely defined area along and around the border between England and Wales in the United Kingdom.

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Wheatear

The wheatears are passerine birds of the genus Oenanthe.

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Whinchat

The whinchat (Saxicola rubetra) is a small migratory passerine bird breeding in Europe and western Asia and wintering in central Africa.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radnor_Forest

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