Nant Bwlch-y-gwynt

Valley in Denbighshire

Wales

Nant Bwlch-y-gwynt

Winter hedgerow Bare trees in a tributary valley of Nant y Goron. A few sheep have found their way through the hedge to this field of turnips. — Winter hedgerow Credit: Jonathan Wilkins

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Nant Bwlch-y-gwynt Images

Images are sourced within 2km of 53.128452/-3.7603822 or Grid Reference SH8260. Thanks to Geograph Open Source API. All images are credited.

Winter hedgerow

Bare trees in a tributary valley of Nant y Goron. A few sheep have found their way through the hedge to this field of turnips.

Jonathan Wilkins

Erratic boulder

The Conwy Valley and its environs at the last glacial maximum was the site of a major ice stream carrying material eroded by glaciation in eastern Snowdonia. Rock outcrop in this area is rare, and significant glacial erratic boulders are seldom found, but here is one (approximately 3 metres in length) near to a tributary of Nant y Goron. In post-glacial times water has eroded the glacial deposits to expose this large, remnant boulder. Another lies on the bank downstream near to its junction with the Nant y Goron, but it is deep in undergrowth and not easily imaged.

Jonathan Wilkins

Spreading oak tree 1

A remarkable oak with a dense, spreading crown and descending branches. The absence of a tall trunk suggests that it may have been damaged in antiquity, but at any rate it is a tree to celebrate at a time of year which permits examination of its structure. See also SH8160 : Spreading oak tree 2.

Jonathan Wilkins

Spreading oak tree 2

Another aspect of this fine tree. See also SH8160 : Spreading oak tree 1.

Jonathan Wilkins

Woodland, Afon Cyffdy

Bare trees in the dingle of Afon Cyffdy below Fedw.

Jonathan Wilkins

Track to Ty Mawr

Sun filling the dingle of the Afon Cyffdy as the track descends past pasture towards the woodland.

Jonathan Wilkins

Re-wilding in Nant-y-Rhiw

Once upon a time, a telephone kiosk at a significant road junction was the definition of connection, but not now. Still a nodal point; just look at all those cables in the junction boxes on the adjacent pole.

Jonathan Wilkins

Waterfall, Afon Cyffdy

The Afon Cyffdy falls steeply down Nant-y-Rhiw through tangled woodland of ash and oak with many small falls and rapids. An impossible photograph in summer with a leafy canopy, but winter is helpful in woodlands.

Jonathan Wilkins

Wooded dingle

Mossy trees lining the bank of the Afon Cyffdy in Nant-y-Rhiw. The road crosses the nant in a series of hairpin bends, climbing steeply on both banks. See also SH8258 : Nant-y-Rhiw pastures.

Jonathan Wilkins

Capel Nant-y-Rhiw

A plain building in an idyllic location, high above the Conwy Valley. Nant-y-Rhiw is a very rural hamlet, or collection of small farms strung out along a road climbing steeply to the edge of the Denbighshire moorland. The building is no longer in religious use, having become a dwelling, though recorded by Coflein (the online database of the National Monuments Record of Wales) as a chapel as recently as 1998. The stone plaque on the gable reads "Adeiladwyd gyntaf 1827. Adeiladwyd eilwaith 1861" (Engl: First built 1827. Rebuilt 1861).

Jonathan Wilkins

Nant-y-Rhiw pastures

Looking down the sheep pasture towards the Conwy Valley. The adjacent chapel sits on a sandstone spur between two valleys carved into softer mudstones, all belonging to the Denbigh Grits Formation of Silurian, Wenlock age. Strong winds are blowing fine rain off the mountains, forming a rainbow in the right of the image.

Jonathan Wilkins

Spring, Pant Glas

Chris Andrews

Lay-by south of Llanrwst

Steve Fareham

A470 south of Llanrwst

The A470(T) is a major long-distance road in Wales, from Cardiff on the south coast to Llandudno on the north coast. It is 186 miles long, with a tortuous route through the country's mountainous central region, including the Brecon Beacons and Snowdonia National Park. Wikipedia: Link