Stella & Rose's Books

Front cover

Contents

• GEOLOGY
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• Introduction
• The Geological Succession
• The Origin of the Rocks and Scenery
• The New Taf Fawr Long-Distance Path
• The Upper Taf Fawr and the Summits of the Beacons
• Nant Crew
• Nant Wern Ddu and Nant Llysiog
• Garwnant Forestry Centre to Cader Fawr
• Garwnant Forestry Centre along Llwyn-On Reservoir
• Llwyn-On Dam to Nant Sychbant and Ogof Fawr
• Darren Fach, Darren Fawr and Cefn Cil-sanws
• Cwm Ffrwd
• Cwm Taf (Fawr)
• The Taf Fechan Valley
• Cwm Callan and Bryniau Gleision
• Cwar yr Ystrad Quarries
• Nant Car Fach
• Pontsticill Dam to Abercriban, Baltic and Twynau Gwynion Quarries and Pwll Morlais
• Pwll Morlais
• Morlais Hill and Castle
• Glais Valley and Ogof Rhyd Sych
• Taf Fechan Gorge
• SOCIAL HISTROY
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• Early Travellers
• The Early Hunter-Gatherers and Farmers
• Glimpses of Roman and Norman Presence
• Roman Roads and Ogham Stones
• The Normans and Morlais Castle
• The old Vaynor Church and Churchyard
• Social Life before the Reservoirs
• The Reservoirs:-
• (a) Taf Fechan Valley
• (b) The Fetes, Galas and Regattas at Pentwyn Reservoir
• (c) Taf Fawr
• Transport:-
• (a) The Brecon and Merthyr Railway
• (b) Horse-buses, coaches, trams
• The village of Cefn Coed-y-Cymmer
• NATURAL HISTORY
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• The Infant Taf Fawr
• The Permanent Watercourse
• The Gorge and its 'Hanging Garden'
• Birds and the Valley at Pont ar Daf
• Flowers and Birds of the Conifer Plantations
• The Tributaries of of the Taf Fawr:-
• (a) Ffynnon Cwm Llysiog
• (b) Nant Car
• (c) Garw Nant
• The Cwm Taf Reservoirs
• Lake Bed Vegetation in the Upper Reservoirs
• The Reservoirs in Times of Drought
• The Headwater Marshes
• Waterfowl
• Animals of Lake and Lakeside
• Limestone and Grit Areas of the Taf Fawr
• Penmoelallt Woodland |Nature Reserve and the Rare Whitebeams
• Nant Sychbant and the moors above the Penmoelallt Nature Reserve
• Ffrwdd Millstone Grit Areas: Cwm Ffrwdd
• Limestone Cliffs of the Eastern Valleyside
• Millstone Grit Moorland of Cil Sanws
• Headwaters of eh Taf Fechan
• Torpantau Woods and the Hills above
• Pentwyn Reservoir (Part of the Taf Fechan Reservoir)
• Cwm Callan and Cwm Car
• Grassy Slopes and Limestone Pavement at Morlais and Vaynor
• The Limestone Quarries
• Mountain Seepages and the River to Blue Pool (Pwll Glas)
• Nant Glas
• The Taf Fechan Nature Reserve
• The Taf Fechan to The Confluence at Cefn-Coed-y-Cymmer