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Y Garn Goch

Index Y Garn Goch

Y Garn Goch is a hill in the Brecon Beacons National Park in the east of Carmarthenshire, Wales. [1]

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Table of Contents

  1. 22 relations: Abergavenny, Anticline, Beacons Way, Bethlehem, Carmarthenshire, Black Mountain (range), Brecon Beacons National Park, Carmarthenshire, Fault (geology), Fforest Fawr Geopark, Hillfort, Iron Age, List of hillforts in Wales, Llandeilo, Llangadog, Mountain pass, Mudstone, Ordovician, River Towy, Sandstone, Till, Wales, Welsh Borderland Fault System.

  2. Archaeological sites in Carmarthenshire
  3. Black Mountain (hill)
  4. Hillforts in Carmarthenshire
  5. Hillforts in the Brecon Beacons National Park
  6. History of Carmarthenshire
  7. Medieval sites in Wales
  8. Mountains and hills of Carmarthenshire
  9. Roman auxiliary forts in Wales

Abergavenny

Abergavenny (Y Fenni, archaically Abergafenni meaning "mouth of the River Gavenny") is a market town and community in Monmouthshire, Wales.

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Anticline

In structural geology, an anticline is a type of fold that is an arch-like shape and has its oldest beds at its core, whereas a syncline is the inverse of an anticline.

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Beacons Way

The Beacons Way (Welsh: Ffordd y Bannau) is a waymarked long distance footpath in the Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales.

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Bethlehem, Carmarthenshire

Bethlehem is a tiny farming village in the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales, lying in the Tywi Valley northeast of Llandeilo and southwest of Llangadog but on the opposite side of the river from the busy London to Haverfordwest road, the A40.

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Black Mountain (range)

The Black Mountain (Y Mynydd Du) is a mountain range in South, Mid and West Wales, straddling the administrative boundary between Carmarthenshire and Powys (as well as the county boundary between Carmarthenshire and Brecknockshire) and forming the westernmost range of the Brecon Beacons National Park.

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Brecon Beacons National Park

Brecon Beacons National Park, officially named Bannau Brycheiniog National Park, is a national park in Wales.

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Carmarthenshire

Carmarthenshire (Sir Gaerfyrddin or informally Sir Gâr) is a county in the south-west of Wales.

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Fault (geology)

In geology, a fault is a planar fracture or discontinuity in a volume of rock across which there has been significant displacement as a result of rock-mass movements.

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Fforest Fawr Geopark

Fforest Fawr Geopark is a Geopark in the Brecon Beacons National Park, south Wales. Y Garn Goch and Fforest Fawr Geopark are Black Mountain (hill).

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Hillfort

A hillfort is a type of fortified refuge or defended settlement located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage.

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Iron Age

The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three historical Metal Ages, after the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age.

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List of hillforts in Wales

This is a list of hillforts in Wales.

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Llandeilo

Llandeilo is a town and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, situated at the crossing of the River Towy by the A483 on a 19th-century stone bridge.

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Llangadog

Llangadog is a village and community in Carmarthenshire, Wales, which also includes the villages of Bethlehem and Capel Gwynfe.

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Mountain pass

A mountain pass is a navigable route through a mountain range or over a ridge.

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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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Ordovician

The Ordovician is a geologic period and system, the second of six periods of the Paleozoic Era.

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River Towy

The River Towy (Afon Tywi,; also known as the River Tywi) is one of the longest rivers flowing entirely within Wales.

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Sandstone

Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains, cemented together by another mineral.

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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.

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Welsh Borderland Fault System

The Welsh Borderland Fault System is a zone of faulting and associated folding which runs northeastwards through Wales from Pembrokeshire through Carmarthenshire and Powys into Shropshire in England.

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See also

Archaeological sites in Carmarthenshire

Black Mountain (hill)

Hillforts in Carmarthenshire

Hillforts in the Brecon Beacons National Park

History of Carmarthenshire

Medieval sites in Wales

Mountains and hills of Carmarthenshire

Roman auxiliary forts in Wales

References

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

Also known as Carn Goch, Garn Goch.