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Mylett Road Section
Mylett Road Section is a road cut that shows the geology of the Mydrim Shales. It is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Carmarthen & Dinefwr, Wales Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the England–Wales border, east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic .... See also * List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Carmarthen & Dinefwr References * Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Carmarthen & Dinefwr {{Carmarthenshire-geo-stub ...
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Drefach Group
The Drefach Group is an Ordovician lithostratigraphic group (a sequence of rock strata) in west Wales. The name is derived from the village of Drefach near Meidrim (a.k.a. Mydrim) in Carmarthenshire. The Group comprises the Mydrim Shales Formation, the Mydrim Limestone Formation, the Hendre Shales Formation, Asaphus Ash Formation and at its base, the underlying Felin-wen Formation. Outcrops The rocks are intermittently exposed in a belt of country running east from Fishguard Bay via Crymych then south towards Meidrim thence east via the north of Carmarthen along the Vale of Towy to Llandeilo.British Geological Survey 1:50,000 scale geological map (England & Wales) sheets 210, 211, 212, 228, 229 Lithology and stratigraphy The Group comprises in places more than a 400m thickness of mudstones (Mydrim Shales Formation), turbidite mudstones (Hendre Shales Formation), limestone (Mydrim Limestone Formation), tuffs and tuffites (Asaphus Formation) and more turbidite mudstones (Felin ...
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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. SSSI/ASSIs are the basic building block of site-based nature conservation legislation and most other legal nature/geological conservation designations in the United Kingdom are based upon them, including national nature reserve (United Kingdom), national nature reserves, Ramsar Convention, Ramsar sites, Special Protection Areas, and Special Area of Conservation, Special Areas of Conservation. The acronym "SSSI" is often pronounced "triple-S I". Selection and conservation Sites notified for their Biology, biological interest are known as Biological SSSIs (or ASSIs), and those notified for geological or Physical geography, physiographic interest are Geological SSSIs (or ASSIs). Sites may be divided into management units, with some a ...
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Carmarthenshire
Carmarthenshire (; or informally ') is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the South West Wales, south-west of Wales. The three largest towns are Llanelli, Carmarthen and Ammanford. Carmarthen is the county town and administrative centre. The county is known as the "Garden of Wales" and is also home to the National Botanic Garden of Wales. Carmarthenshire has been inhabited since prehistoric times. The county town was founded by the Romans, and the region was part of the Kingdom of Deheubarth in the High Middle Ages. After invasion by the Normans in the 12th and 13th centuries it was Conquest of Wales by Edward I, subjugated, along with other parts of Wales, by Edward I of England. There was further unrest in the early 15th century, when the Welsh rebelled under Owain Glyndŵr, and during the English Civil War. Carmarthenshire is mainly an agricultural county, apart from the southeastern part which was once heavily industrialised with coal mining, steel-making and tin-pla ...
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Wales
Wales ( ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the north and west, England to the England–Wales border, east, the Bristol Channel to the south, and the Celtic Sea to the south-west. , it had a population of 3.2 million. It has a total area of and over of Coastline of Wales, coastline. It is largely mountainous with its higher peaks in the north and central areas, including Snowdon (), its highest summit. The country lies within the Temperate climate, north temperate zone and has a changeable, Oceanic climate, maritime climate. Its capital and largest city is Cardiff. A distinct Culture of Wales, Welsh culture emerged among the Celtic Britons after the End of Roman rule in Britain, Roman withdrawal from Britain in the 5th century, and Wales was briefly united under Gruffudd ap Llywelyn in 1055. After over 200 years of war, the Conquest of Wales by Edward I, conquest of Wales by King Edward I o ...
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List Of Sites Of Special Scientific Interest In Carmarthen & Dinefwr
This is a list of Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in the Carmarthenshire Area of Search (AoS). History This Area of Search was formed from the entirety of the previous AoS of ''Carmarthen & Dinefwr'', as well as having a few sites from the previous AoSs of West Glamorgan, '' Preseli & South Pembrokeshire'' and Brecknock. Sites See also * List of SSSIs by Area of Search References {{Protected areas of Wales Carmarthenshire Carmarthenshire Carmarthenshire (; or informally ') is a Principal areas of Wales, county in the South West Wales, south-west of Wales. The three largest towns are Llanelli, Carmarthen and Ammanford. Carmarthen is the county town and administrative centre. ...
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