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Grwyne Fawr

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The Grwyne Fawr is a river in the Brecon Beacons National Park in south Wales. [1]

27 relations: Black Mountains, Wales, Brecknockshire, Brecon Beacons National Park, Caradog ap Gruffydd, Devonian, Grwyne Fawr Reservoir, Last glacial period, Llanbedr, Crickhowell, Llangenny, Marcher Lord, Monmouthshire, Monmouthshire (historic), Mudstone, Neath Disturbance, Normans, Old Red Sandstone, Partrishow, Powys, Rhos Dirion, River, River Usk, Sandstone, South Wales, Till, Wales, Wales in the High Middle Ages, Waun Fach.

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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Brecknockshire

Brecknockshire (Sir Frycheiniog), also known as the County of Brecknock, Breconshire, or the County of Brecon is one of thirteen historic counties of Wales, and a former administrative county.

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Brecon Beacons National Park

The Brecon Beacons National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog) is one of three national parks in Wales, and is centred on the Brecon Beacons range of hills in southern Wales.

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Caradog ap Gruffydd

Caradog ap Gruffydd (died 1081) was a Prince of Gwent in south-east Wales who made repeated attempts to gain power over all of southern Wales by seizing the Kingdom of Deheubarth.

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Devonian

The Devonian is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic, spanning 60 million years from the end of the Silurian, million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Carboniferous, Mya.

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Grwyne Fawr Reservoir

The Grwyne Fawr Reservoir is located in the valley of the river Grwyne Fawr in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales.

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Last glacial period

The last glacial period occurred from the end of the Eemian interglacial to the end of the Younger Dryas, encompassing the period years ago.

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Llanbedr, Crickhowell

Llanbedr is a small village northeast of Crickhowell in the county of Powys in south Wales.

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Llangenny

Llangenny is a small hamlet in the Brecon Beacons National Park in southern Powys, Wales.

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Marcher Lord

A Marcher Lord was a noble appointed by the King of England to guard the border (known as the Welsh Marches) between England and Wales.

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Monmouthshire

Monmouthshire (Sir Fynwy) is a county in south east Wales.

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Monmouthshire (historic)

Monmouthshire, also known as the County of Monmouth (Sir Fynwy), is one of thirteen historic counties of Wales and a former administrative county.

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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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Neath Disturbance

The Neath Disturbance is a geological structure which stretches across south Wales from Swansea Bay northeastwards as far as Hereford in western England.

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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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Old Red Sandstone

The Old Red Sandstone is an assemblage of rocks in the North Atlantic region largely of Devonian age.

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Partrishow

Partrishow, also known as Patricio or Patrishow, is a small village in the county of Powys (historically Brecknockshire), close to its border with Monmouthshire.

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Powys

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

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Rhos Dirion

Rhos Dirion is a top of Waun Fach in the Black Mountains in south-eastern Wales.

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River

A river is a natural flowing watercourse, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river.

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River Usk

The River Usk (Afon Wysg) rises on the northern slopes of the Black Mountain (y Mynydd Du), Wales, in the westernmost part of the Brecon Beacons National Park.

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Sandstone

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) mineral particles or rock fragments.

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South Wales

South Wales (De Cymru) is the region of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west.

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Till

Closeup of glacial till. Note that the larger grains (pebbles and gravel) in the till are completely surrounded by the matrix of finer material (silt and sand), and this characteristic, known as ''matrix support'', is diagnostic of till. Glacial till with tufts of grass Till or glacial till is unsorted glacial sediment.

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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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Wales in the High Middle Ages

Wales in the High Middle Ages covers the 11th to 13th centuries in Welsh history.

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Waun Fach

Waun Fach is the highest mountain at 2661 feet in the Black Mountains in south-eastern Wales.

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Redirects here:

Afon Grwyne Fawr, Afon Grwyne Fechan, Grwyne Fechan, River Grwyne Fawr, River Grwyne Fechan.

References

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

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