Desert of Wales
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The Desert of Wales, or Green Desert of Wales, is an archaic term for an area in central Wales, so called for its lack of roads and towns, and its inaccessibility. The term was coined by English trave
The Desert of Wales seen from Drygarn Fawr
Below Clywedog reservoir dam
Elenydd
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The Elenydd is an upland area of Mid Wales, extending across parts of northern and eastern Ceredigion and Powys between Aberystwyth and Rhayader. Elenydd is also a name given to the medieval commote o
Desert of Wales
…English travel writers in the nineteenth century and has no equivalent in the Welsh language. The area corresponds roughly to the upland area called Elenydd in Welsh. The word "desert" is used figuratively, to describe the lack of biodiversity due to overgrazing of sheep and human clearing, which, over time…
Elenydd landscape at Drum Nantygorlan
Wild ponies on the slopes of Esgair y Tŷ