Caeau Pant-y-Bryn
{{Short description|Protected area in Carmarthenshire, Wales}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
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|area={{convert|8.2|ha|km2 sqmi|sigfig=4}}
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Caeau Pant-y-Bryn is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Carmarthenshire, Wales.{{cite web| url=http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?chosenLayers=sssiwalPIndex,sssiwalIndex,backdropDIndex,backdropIndex,europeIndex,vmlBWIndex,25kBWIndex,50kBWIndex,250kBWIndex,miniscaleBWIndex,baseIndex&box=264650:214175:266550:215200&useDefaultbackgroundMapping=false|title=MAGIC Map Application|website=DEFRA MAGIC Map|publisher=DEFRA}}{{cite web|title=Site of Special Scientific Interest, Carmarthenshire, Caeau Pant-y-Bryn|url=https://naturalresources.wales/media/660370/SSSI_1139_Citation_EN0018b4e.pdf|publisher=Natural Resources Wales}}
SSSI
Caeau Pant-y-Bryn SSSI is located approximately {{convert|1|mi}} north-west of Glanaman, and covers {{convert|8.2|ha}}. Its north-east boundary abuts the Mountain Road from Glanaman to Coed Llandyfan.
The site is a set of five unimproved fields grazed by ponies, of a type once typical in the area, but now rare. The fields sit on Namurian sandstone and quartzite covered in Pleistocene boulder clay. The SSSI citation for Caeau Pant-y-Bryn specifies that the main feature is "a large stand of purple moor-grass (Molinia caerulea) and meadow thistle (Cirsium dissectum) Fen-meadow". A number of sedges and other plants are notable at the site, including:
- carnation sedge (Carex panicea)
- tawny sedge (Carex hostiana)
- flea sedge (Carex pulicaris)
- compact rush (Juncus conglomeratus)
- sharp-flowered rush (Juncus acutiflorus)
- meadow thistle (Cirsium dissectum)
- whorled caraway
- devil's-bit scabious (Succisa pratensis)
- tormentil (Potentilla erecta)
See also
References
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External links
- [https://naturalresources.wales/media/660370/SSSI_1139_Citation_EN0018b4e.pdf SSSI Citation] for Caeau Pant-y-Bryn
- [https://naturalresources.wales/media/660375/SSSI_1139_Map001df98.pdf Citation map] for Caeau Pant-y-Bryn
- [https://naturalresources.wales/media/660395/SSSI_1139_SMS_EN0016b97.pdf Your Special Site and its Future] - Caeau Pant-y-Bryn SSSI overview from Natural Resources Wales
- [http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?chosenLayers=sssiwalPIndex,sssiwalIndex,backdropDIndex,backdropIndex,europeIndex,vmlBWIndex,25kBWIndex,50kBWIndex,250kBWIndex,miniscaleBWIndex,baseIndex&box=264650:214175:266550:215200&useDefaultbackgroundMapping=false Caeau Pant-y-Bryn SSSI] marked on DEFRA's MAGIC Map
Category:Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Carmarthen & Dinefwr