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61990 03-07 DCC AONB Magazine WhatWhat lieslies beneath?beneath? ArchaeologicalArchaeological secretssecrets unearthedunearthed BackBack wherewhere theythey Bee-longBee-long TheThe returnreturn ofof thethe NativeNative HoneybeeHoneybee Following Acorns Exploring the Offa’s Dyke Path is easier than you might think A Guide to the Clwydian Range Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Welcome to ‘Capturing the Clwydian Range’ The Clwydian Range Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty is not only nationally protected, but locally cherished. Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty are regarded as Britain’s most treasured landscapes. Along with the National Parks their special PRESTATYN character represents our finest and most precious landscapes. Gwaenysgor Gallt Melyd Coed yr Meliden Esgob Gop Hill The dramatic emergence of the Clwydian Range from sea level is seen from local Trelawnyd towns and villages like Prestatyn, Mold and Ruthin, as well as being an impressive sight from the Wirral, Merseyside and Cheshire. The Clwydian Range forms a 35km north to south chain of undulating hills extending to 160 km2 and rising to 554 Coed metres at the summit of Moel Famau. Cwm The Range stretches from the Vale of Clwyd in the west to the Dee Estuary in the east; from Prestatyn Hillside in the north to the Nant y Garth pass in the south. The open heather moorland of the high ridge dominates the small hedged fields and coppice woodland of the lower slopes. In places, limestone rock outcrops are exposed in attractive wooded escarpments and on the fringes of the area, highly g Coed Afonwen fertile farmland gives a soft pastoral foreground to the hills. 206 Bedw Moel y Parc Bodfari People have visited the Range for 100’s of years for its countryside, wildlife and Nannerch views. Denbighshire Countryside Service in partnership with Flintshire, landowners and other professionals manage the AONB not just for conservation Llangwyfan Forest and heritage but also for the local people and visitors. Around ½ million people Moel Arthur Moel Arthur Forest (fort) Llangwyfan visit every year, particularly to the two Country Parks, Loggerheads and Moel n CilcainCilcain ly . A Famau. The Offa’s Dyke National Trail follows almost the entire length of the ridge R Pantymwy n offering walking routes to some of the wildest countryside. The superb quality of Moel Llangynhafal Dywyll the landscape is complimented by the high quality accommodation, activities, food Ffrith Mountain 554 Gwernymynydd contents and welcome that together are the Clwydian Range experience. Moel Famau Gellifor Rhôs Clwyd Forest Welcome to Maeshafn In partnership we protect, improve and raise awareness of our rich biodiversity, ‘Capturing the Clwyds’ stunning geological features and archaeological treasures. Our tourism vision is to 51 1 2 Foel Fenlli Big (fort) Covert preserve the quality of the Clwydian Range experience for future generations to Llanbedr- RHUTHUN Moel RUTHIN Eithinen enjoy and explore. This high quality comprises both environmental and spiritual Nercwys Forest Fire & Ice aspects of a visit. From repairing well walked paths to promoting the exciting B5430 4 Coed Eryrys activities and locations that can suit any visitor’s needs; from a three day adrenaline Plas y Nant pumping adventure to a week of massage, meditation and visits to sacred places. Moel y Plas Llyn Adrenaline Junkies Llanfair Gweryd 6 Hopefully this guide will give you a sense of what it is like in and around our Nurse Fawr Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and will encourage you to indulge in what is Pentre- on offer. celyn 8 I thought I knew Moel Famau Vanessa Warrington, Countryside Officer The AONB Team, Denbighshire Countryside Service, Loggerheads Country Park, Nr Mold, Denbighshire CH7 5LH 10 Following Acorns ¤ 01352 810614 Email: [email protected] www.clwydianrangeaonb.org.uk What lies beneath? 12 www.denbighshire.gov.uk/countryside www.ridetheclwyds.com 15 Autumn Fresh www.loggerheads-wales.co.uk The views expressed by the contributors are their own. Denbighshire County Council accept no responsibility for any errors or omissions. 18 Back where they Bee-long 61990 03/07 Design-and-Print-AW Tel: 01352 704000 Tel: 61990 03/07 Design-and-Print-AW 2 www.clwydianrangeaonb.org.uk Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) we? are where Scotland A548 Gronant Prestatyn Northern R Rhyl iv Ireland er 123 D PRESTATYN ee Gwaenysgor Llanasa Gallt Melyd Coed yr St Asaph Meliden Esgob FLINTSHIRE 153 Gop CONWY Connah's Hill Quay Mold Trelawnyd Denbigh England A547 A5151 Wales Llyn Diserth Brenig Dyserth Ruthin 173 DENBIGHSHIRE W Cwm R E X Coed H Cwm A M A55 R . Dee Llangollen SIR Y FFLINT Corwen A55 Rhuallt FLINTSHIRE 290 Bala B5429 E 5122 R B I H GWYNEDD S Llanelwy OP St Asaph Tremeirchion POWYS SHR Caerwys A fon C l w y d A541 g n Chwi fo ler A Coed 21 Afonwen 1 SIR DDINBYCH 206 Bedw 5 DENBIGHSHIRE B Moel 381 y Parc A541 Bodfari 398 A525 317 Nannerch Waen 302 307 A543 Penycloddiau A54 B 1 5 (fort) 4 29 DENBIGH Llangwyfan DINBYCH Forest 368 Moel Arthur Moel Arthur Forest A5119 (fort) 94 Llangwyfan Moel A541 4 n A Llys y Coed CilcainCilcain ly . A A543 465 R Pantymwy n Wales A525 B4501 YR WYDDGRUG MOLD Moel A541 Dywyll Llangynhafal 378 Bryniau Clwyd Ardal o Harddwch Ffrith A494 Naturiol Eithriadol (AHNE) Mountain Cadole B5444 554 Gwernymynydd Clwydian Range Area Of Outstanding Moel Famau Natural Beauty (AONB) Gellifor Moel y Gaer (fort) Loggerheads Rhôs Clwyd Main road (dual carriageway) Forest Maeshafn Ffordd dosbarth A A road B5429 Llanferres 458 Ffordd dosbarth B A f B road o Fron n 51511 1 C Hen Big l Ffordd leiaf w Foel Fenlli Minor road y (fort) Covert d Llanbedr- Lôn gul neu lwybr 434 Travel by bus in RHUTHUN A525 D Moel Narrow Lane or Track w RUTHIN ˆ r Eithinen Iâ l B5430 Nercwys Railway A494 Forest A494 Awdurdod Unedol B5430 Denbighshire & Unitary Authority boundary Coed 467 Eryrys Ardal Boblog B5105 Plas y Nant Moel Built up area B5372 Gyw Llyn / Pwll 447 Lake / Pond A525 B5430 and help Moel Flintshire Caer A494 Llanfair Hill fort Llanarmon Moel y Plas yn Iâl Llecyn uchder mewn metrau Llyn 465 Spot height in metres Llanfair Gweryd to reduce pollution! Nurse Fawr cilometr 1 0 12345 kilometres Graigfechan The Passenger milltir 1 miles /2 0 123 Pentre- Atgynhyrchir y map hwn o Ddeunydd yr Ordnance Survey gyda chaniatâd yr celyn B5431 Ordnance Survey ar ran Rheolwr Llyfrfa Ei Mawrhydi © Hawlfraint Y Goron. Transport Group, Mae atgynhyrchu heb ganiatâd yn torri hawlfraint y Goron a gall hyn arwain A5104 Llandegla A525 Denbighshire County Council, Nant This map is reproduced from Ordnance Survey material with the permission y G/N G A54 a 303 of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the Controller of Her Majesty’ s Stationery r 2 th A525 O © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright P 01824 706968 ass ¤ and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Denbighshire County Council. LA09008L. 2000. www.denbighshire.gov.uk/highways © Cyngor Sir Ddinbych 2000. A5 104 4 5 2 © Denbighshire County Council 2000. A Dyluniwyd a chynhyrchwyd y map gan RJS Associates mewn Flintshire County Council, cyd-weithrediad â Gwasanaeth Cefn Gwlad Ddinbych. Map designed and produced by RJS Associates in association ¤ 01352 704035 with Denbighshire Countryside Service. www.flintshire.gov.uk 490 million years ago Ordovician Period Far in the southern hemisphere, North Wales was covered by a deep sea. Animals like shellfish, squid-like creatures and strange - now extinct - tiny animals called graptolites drifted with the water currents. Occasional volcanic eruptions, in what is now Snowdonia, spewed out hot ash into the sea smothering many of the animals. The oldest rocks and fossils in the Clwydian Fire Ice Range are from this time, many of which can be Sculpturing the landscape seen south of Llandegla. 420 million years ago .Silurian Period The deep-sea mud was inhabited by strange and of the Clwydian Range wonderful animals; coral reefs, shellfish and crinoids (sea lilies) with their numerous feathery feeding arms, waving to filter food from the surrounding water. The main spine of the Clwydian Range, including Pen y Cloddiau, Moel Arthur, Moel Famau and out to Dinas Bran, has rocks that were once part of this deep sea mud. How do we know? One of the best ways to age Deep seas, crumpled and fractured by rocks is to look for fossil Graptolites. These animals evolved very rapidly and the changes in earthquakes; volcanoes erupting and hot ash their bodies can be used to date rocks. At the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th falling over the land and sea; tropical seas century, pioneering women geologists spent years teeming with life; huge deltas with swamps and ⁄ giant mosses; vast hot, red-stained, sandy deserts with occasional flash floods washing life away and, most recently, an encasement of vast ice sheets sculptured the Clwydian Range. These events and forces were operating as Wales moved northward across the globe over many millions of years, forming the variety of rock types that give the Clwydian Range its dramatic landscape. Once upon a time……………. 4 www.clwydianrangeaonb.org.uk Jacqui Malpas, Geodiversity Officer working out the complex sequence of rocks forests died becoming buried and last glaciation, a thick ice sheet up to 1 in the Clwydian Range. Their professor compacted forming Coal. kilometre thick covered the area smoothing considered the work ‘suitable and The spectacular Eglwyseg Escarpment out the hills and gouging out cwms and appropriate work for females and required above Llangollen, Prestatyn Hillside, Graig valleys. When the ice melted about 14,000 great patience and perseverance’! Vascular Fawr, Melidan and Moel Hiraddug were years ago, it left behind boulders (erratics), plants (land plants with tissues that carry formed during this period.
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