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Cernydd Carmel is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in
Cernydd Carmel is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Carmarthenshire
Carmarthenshire ( cy, Sir Gaerfyrddin; or informally ') is a county in the 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 ...
, Wales
Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the Bristol Channel to the south. It had a population in ...
.
Carmel Woods National Nature Reserve is located on part of the SSSI, and is open to the public.
Pant-y-Llyn at Cernydd Carmel is the only turlough in Britain, a type of seasonal lake found in limestone areas, the other examples of which are in Ireland. Pant-y-Llyn fills to a depth of about each autumn, and remains full until it empties completely into a sink hole
A sinkhole is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer. The term is sometimes used to refer to doline, enclosed depressions that are locally also known as ''vrtače'' and shakeholes, and to openi ...
the following summer. There are no surface drainage streams.
See also
* List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Carmarthen & DinefwrReferences
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