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Cambrian Mountains

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The Cambrian Mountains (Mynyddoedd Cambria, in a narrower sense: Elenydd) are a series of mountain ranges in Wales. [1]

97 relations: A44 road, Aberystwyth, Afon Irfon, Afon Mynach, Aled Wyn Davies, Bache Hill, Black Mixen, Blaenrheidol, Buellt, Cambria, Cambrian (disambiguation), Cambrian Line, Cambrian Way, Cambrian Woollen Mill, Carmarthenshire, Cefn Croes Wind Farm, Cemmes Road railway station, Ceredigion, Clipyn Du, Corndon Hill, Cribyn (mountain), Dan Lydiate, Desert of Wales, Drygarn Fawr, Dyfed, Dyfnant Forest, Dylife, Elenydd, Elizabeth Randles, Emlyn Beagles, Exercise Cambrian Patrol, Fairy ring, Garreg Lwyd (Rhayader), Geography of the United Kingdom, Geography of Wales, George Stapledon, Gorllwyn, HMS Cambrian (1916), Kingdom of Powys, Knighton, Powys, List of cultural icons of Wales, List of individual dogs, List of Mountain Bothies Association bothies, List of mountains and hills of the United Kingdom, List of places in Powys (categorised), List of Scheduled prehistoric Monuments in Ceredigion, List of Scheduled Roman to modern Monuments in Ceredigion, Llanbrynmair railway station, Llangurig branch, Llangurig railway station, ..., Llanidloes, Llanymynech railway station, Lon Cambria, Long Mynd, Mid Wales, Monks Trod, Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust, Mountain (TV series), Mynydd Mallaen, Nant-y-moch Reservoir, National Geographic Bee, Newtown and Machynlleth Railway, Pegwn Mawr, Pen Pumlumon Arwystli, Pen Pumlumon Llygad-bychan, Pen y Fan, Pen y Garn, Picws Du, Pistyll y Llyn, Plynlimon, Ponterwyd, Pontrhydfendigaid, Pumlumon Fach, Radnor Forest, Radnorshire, Red grouse, Rhayader, Rhos Fawr, River Brenig, River Carno, River Dovey, River Severn, River Tywi, River Ystwyth, Roundton Hill, Scheduled Monuments in Ceredigion, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, Soar y mynydd, Thomas Johnes, Trawsgoed, Upland Britain, Wales, Waun Claerddu, Waun Lefrith, Y Garn (Plynlimon), Y Glog (Draws Drum). Expand index (47 more) »

A44 road

The A44 is a major road in the United Kingdom that runs from Oxford in southern England to Aberystwyth in west Wales.

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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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Afon Irfon

Afon Irfon (the River Irfon) is a river in Powys, Wales.

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Afon Mynach

The Afon Mynach (River Mynach) is a small river in Ceredigion, Wales.

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Aled Wyn Davies

Aled Wyn Davies (born 3 August 1974) is a classical tenor from Llanbrynmair, in Powys, Mid Wales.

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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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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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Blaenrheidol

Blaenrheidol is a community in the county of Ceredigion, North Wales.

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Buellt

Buellt or Builth was a cantref in medieval Wales, located west of the River Wye.

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Cambria

Cambria is a name for Wales, being the Latinised form of the Welsh name for the country, Cymru.

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Cambrian (disambiguation)

Cambrian is a division of the geologic timescale at the end of the Proterozoic, named after Cambria, the Latinised form of Cymru, which is the Welsh name for Wales.

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Cambrian Line

The Cambrian Line (Welsh: Rheilffordd y Cambrian) is a railway that runs from Shrewsbury (in Shropshire, England) to Aberystwyth (in Ceredigion) and Pwllheli (in Gwynedd), both on the west coast of Wales.

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Cambrian Way

The Cambrian Way is an unofficial long distance footpath in Wales (or Cambria) running from Cardiff to Conwy.

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Cambrian Woollen Mill

Cambrian Woollen Mill, just north of Llanwrtyd Wells, Powys, is one of the few remaining operational woollen mills in Wales.

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Carmarthenshire

Carmarthenshire (Sir Gaerfyrddin; or informally Sir Gâr) is a unitary authority in the southwest of Wales and is the largest of the thirteen historic counties of Wales.

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Cefn Croes Wind Farm

Cefn Croes is a wind farm in Ceredigion, Wales.

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Cemmes Road railway station

Cemmes Road was a railway station on the Newtown and Machynlleth Railway (N&MR) in Mid-Wales, serving the village of Cemmaes Road.

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Ceredigion

Ceredigion is a county in the Mid Wales area of Wales and previously was a minor kingdom.

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Clipyn Du

Clipyn Du is a mountain in northern Powys in Wales.

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Corndon Hill

see also: Hyssington Corndon Hill is a hill in Powys, Mid Wales, whose isolated summit rises to 1,683 ft above sea level.

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Cribyn (mountain)

Cribyn is a mountain in the Brecon Beacons with an elevation of 2608 feet (or 795 metres) about 300 feet lower than the neighbouring peaks of Pen y Fan and Corn Du.

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Dan Lydiate

Dan Lydiate (born 18 December 1987) is a Wales international rugby union player.

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Desert of Wales

The Desert of Wales, or Green Desert of Wales, is a term coined to describe a large area in central Wales, so called because of its lack of roads and towns and its inaccessibility.

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Drygarn Fawr

Drygarn Fawr is a mountain in the county of Powys, Wales.

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Dyfed

Dyfed is a preserved county of Wales. It was created on 1 April 1974, as an amalgamation of the three pre-existing counties of Cardiganshire, Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire. It was abolished twenty-two years later, on 1 April 1996, when the three original counties were reinstated, Cardiganshire being renamed Ceredigion the following day. The name "Dyfed" is retained for certain ceremonial and other purposes. It is a mostly rural county in southwestern Wales with a coastline on the Irish Sea and the Bristol Channel.

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Dyfnant Forest

Dyfnant Forest is a remote forest in northeastern-central Powys, Wales.

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Dylife

Dylife is a former mining settlement in Powys, Wales, located at the head of Afon Twymyn in the Cambrian Mountains, one mile west of the road between Llanidloes and Llanbrynmair (B4518).

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Elenydd

Elenydd is an upland area of west-central Wales, extending across parts of northern and eastern Ceredigion and Powys between Aberystwyth and Rhayader.

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Elizabeth Randles

Elizabeth Randles (1 August 1800 – 6 May 1829), also known as "Little Cambrian Prodigy", was a Welsh harpist and pianist.

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Emlyn Beagles

The Emlyn Beagles is a Welsh beagle pack founded in 1966.

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Exercise Cambrian Patrol

Exercise Cambrian Patrol is an annual international military patrolling exercise that makes its participating units cover a 50-mile (80 km) course in less than 48 hrs while performing numerous types of military exercises placed throughout the rugged Cambrian Mountains and swamp lands of mid-Wales.

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Fairy ring

A fairy ring, also known as fairy circle, elf circle, elf ring or pixie ring, is a naturally occurring ring or arc of mushrooms.

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Garreg Lwyd (Rhayader)

Garreg Lwyd is a hill in Mid Wales, between the towns of Rhayader and Llangurig.

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Geography of the United Kingdom

The United Kingdom is a sovereign state located off the north-western coast of continental Europe.

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Geography of Wales

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

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George Stapledon

Sir Reginald George Stapledon FRS (22 September 1882 - 16 September 1960) was an English grassland scientist and pioneer environmentalist.

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Gorllwyn

Gorllwyn is a subsidiary summit of Drygarn Fawr, located on a remote moorland plateau of the Cambrian Mountains.

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HMS Cambrian (1916)

HMS Cambrian was a C-class light cruiser built for the Royal Navy during World War I. She was the name ship of her sub-class of four ships.

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Kingdom of Powys

The Kingdom of Powys was a Welsh successor state, petty kingdom and principality that emerged during the Middle Ages following the end of Roman rule in Britain.

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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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List of cultural icons of Wales

The List of cultural icons of Wales is a list of links to known cultural icons of Wales.

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List of individual dogs

This is a list of famous dogs.

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List of Mountain Bothies Association bothies

Bothies are remote, rural cottages that have outlived their original purposes but now are kept unlocked for people to take shelter or stay overnight without charge.

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List of mountains and hills of the United Kingdom

This is a links page to the hills and mountains to be found in the United Kingdom (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales), and includes lists of the highest mountains in each of the constituent countries.

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List of places in Powys (categorised)

This is a categorised list of places in Powys, Wales.

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List of Scheduled prehistoric Monuments in Ceredigion

Ceredigion is a large rural county in West Wales.

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List of Scheduled Roman to modern Monuments in Ceredigion

Ceredigion is a large rural county in West Wales.

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Llanbrynmair railway station

Llanbrynmair railway station was a railway station on the Newtown and Machynlleth Railway (N&MR) in Mid-Wales, serving the village of Llanbrynmair.

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Llangurig branch

| The Llangurig branch was a part of a proposed scheme by the Manchester and Milford Railway (M&MR) to connect industrialised Northwest England with the West Wales deep water port of Milford Haven.

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Llangurig railway station

Llangurig railway station was intended to serve the village and rural locale of Llangurig in the Welsh county of Powys.

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Llanidloes

Llanidloes is a town on the A470 and B4518 roads in Powys, within the historic county boundaries of Montgomeryshire (Sir Drefaldwyn), Wales.

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Llanymynech railway station

Llanymynech railway station was an important junction station on the Cambrian Railways mainline from Welshpool, Powys to Oswestry, Shropshire, serving the village of Llanymynech.

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Lon Cambria

National Cycle Route 81 in the British National Cycle Network runs from Aberystwyth to Wolverhampton, with the section running through Wales called Lôn Cambria.

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Long Mynd

The Long Mynd is a heath and moorland plateau that forms part of the Shropshire Hills in Shropshire, England.

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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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Monks Trod

Monks Trod is a byway open to all traffic in Wales, developed originally by Cistercian monks between the twelfth century abbeys of Cwm-Hir, near Llandrindod Wells, and Strata Florida, near Tregaron, Ceredigion.

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Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust

Montgomeryshire Wildlife Trust (Welsh: Ymddiriedolaeth Natur Sir Drefaldwyn) is one of six wildlife trusts in Wales.

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Mountain (TV series)

Mountain is a British television series written and presented by Griff Rhys Jones that was originally broadcast 29 July–26 August 2007 on BBC One.

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Mynydd Mallaen

Mynydd Mallaen is an expansive plateau to the northwest of Cilycwm in northeast Carmarthenshire, Wales.

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Nant-y-moch Reservoir

Nant-y-moch Reservoir is situated in the Cambrian Mountains in northern Ceredigion, Wales.

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National Geographic Bee

The National Geographic Bee (called the National Geography Bee until 2000, also referred to as the Nat Geo Bee) is an annual geography contest sponsored by the National Geographic Society.

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Newtown and Machynlleth Railway

The Newtown and Machynlleth Railway (N&MR) was a short railway created to allow the Oswestry and Newtown Railway and the Mid-Wales Railway access to the Mid-Wales market town of Machynlleth, from their communal station at Newtown, Powys.

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Pegwn Mawr

Pegwn Mawr is a mountain in Powys, Mid Wales, east of Llanidloes.

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Pen Pumlumon Arwystli

Pen Pumlumon Arwystli is the second highest summit on the Plynlimon massif, a part of the Cambrian Mountains in the county of Ceredigion, Wales.

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Pen Pumlumon Llygad-bychan

Pen Pumlumon Llygad-bychan is a subsidiary summit of Pen Pumlumon Fawr and the third highest summit on the Plynlimon massif, a part of the Cambrian Mountains in the county of Ceredigion, Wales.

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Pen y Fan

Pen y Fan is the highest peak in south Wales, situated in the Brecon Beacons National Park.

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Pen y Garn

Pen y Garn is a mountain in the Cambrian Mountains, Mid Wales standing at 611 metres above sea level.

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Picws Du

Picws Du is the second highest peak of the Carmarthen Fans (or, in Welsh Bannau Sir Gaer) in the Carmarthenshire section of the Black Mountain in the west of the Brecon Beacons National Park in south Wales.

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Pistyll y Llyn

Pistyll y Llyn is one of the tallest waterfalls in Wales and the United Kingdom.

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Plynlimon

Plynlimon (anglicised from Pumlumon in Welsh, meaning "five peaks") is the highest point of the Cambrian Mountains in Wales, and the highest point in Mid Wales.

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Ponterwyd

Ponterwyd is a village in Ceredigion, Wales.

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Pontrhydfendigaid

Pontrhydfendigaid is a village in Ceredigion, Wales.

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Pumlumon Fach

Pumlumon Fach is a top of Pen Pumlumon Fawr on the Plynlimon massif, a part of the Cambrian Mountains in the county of Ceredigion, Wales.

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Radnor Forest

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.

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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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Rhayader

Rhayader (Rhaeadr Gwy) is a market town, community and electoral ward in Powys, central Wales.

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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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River Brenig

The River Brenig (Afon Brenig) is a tributary river of the River Teifi and runs through the market town of Tregaron in Ceredigion, Wales.

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River Carno

The River Carno (Afon Carno) is a river in Powys, mid Wales, and a tributary of the River Severn.

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River Dovey

The River Dyfi (Afon Dyfi in Welsh) is a river in Mid Wales.

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River Severn

The River Severn (Afon Hafren, Sabrina) is a river in the United Kingdom.

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River Tywi

The River Tywi (Afon Tywi) or Towy is the longest river flowing entirely within Wales.

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River Ystwyth

The Ystwyth (Afon Ystwyth) is a river in the county of Ceredigion, Wales.

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Roundton Hill

Roundton Hill is a rounded, steep sided, hill, volcanic in origin, in the easternmost part of old Montgomeryshire, Wales, which juts into the English border near Church Stoke.

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Scheduled Monuments in Ceredigion

Ceredigion, Wales Ceredigion is a large rural county in West Wales.

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Shrewsbury

Shrewsbury is the county town of Shropshire, England.

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Shropshire

Shropshire (alternatively Salop; abbreviated, in print only, Shrops; demonym Salopian) is a county in the West Midlands of England, bordering Wales to the west, Cheshire to the north, Staffordshire to the east, and Worcestershire and Herefordshire to the south.

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Soar y mynydd

Soar-y-mynydd or Soar y mynydd is a Calvinist Methodist chapel near the eastern extremity of the large parish of Llanddewi Brefi, Ceredigion.

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Thomas Johnes

Thomas Johnes (1 September 1748 – 23 April 1816) was a Member of Parliament, landscape architect, farmer, printer, writer and social benefactor.

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Trawsgoed

The Trawsgoed Estate (Welsh for "Crosswood") is an estate located eight miles (13 km) east of Aberystwyth in Ceredigion, Wales, that has been in the possession of the Vaughan family since 1200.

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Upland Britain

Upland Britain may refer to a semi-natural habitat of the British Isles, generally above 1,000 ft (305 m).

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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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Waun Claerddu

Llan Ddu Fawr is the summit of Waen Claerddu in the Cambrian Mountains.

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Waun Lefrith

Waun Lefrith is a top of Picws Du and is also the westernmost of the Carmarthen Fans or Bannau Sir Gaer, a group of peaks within the Black Mountain (Y Mynydd Du) of the Brecon Beacons National Park (Parc Cenedlaethol Bannau Brycheiniog).

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Y Garn (Plynlimon)

Y Garn is a subsidiary summit of Pen Pumlumon Fawr and the fourth highest peak on the Plynlimon massif, a part of the Cambrian Mountains in the county of Ceredigion, Wales.

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Y Glog (Draws Drum)

Y Glog or Draws Drum is a mountain in Ceredigion, Wales.

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References

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

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