Caeau Pant-y-Bryn

Caeau Pant-y-Bryn
Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location within Carmarthenshire
Area of Search Carmarthenshire
Grid reference SN 657146
Coordinates 51°48′49″N 3°56′52″W / 51.81363°N 3.94788°W / 51.81363; -3.94788Coordinates: 51°48′49″N 3°56′52″W / 51.81363°N 3.94788°W / 51.81363; -3.94788
Area 8.2 hectares (0.08200 km2; 0.03166 sq mi)
Notification 1990

Caeau Pant-y-Bryn is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Carmarthenshire, Wales.[1][2]

SSSI

Caeau Pant-y-Bryn SSSI is located approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) north-west of Glanaman, and covers 8.2 hectares (20 acres). Its north-east boundary abuts the Mountain Road from Glanaman to Coed Llandyfan.[1][2]

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:[2]

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