Mynydd Ffoesidoes Nature Reserve
Mynydd Ffoesidoes Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in New Radnor, Powys, Wales. Mynydd Ffoesidoes Nature Reserve is situated nearby to the village Bleddfa, as well as near the hamlet Twiscob.Places of Interest
Highlights include Rhos Fawr and Black Mixen.
Rhos Fawr
Peak
Photo: Richard Webb, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rhos Fawr is a mountain summit in the Radnor Forest, a rather isolated dome of hills to the north of the village of New Radnor. The local rocks are sedimentary shales and mudstones with some Silurian limestone.
Black Mixen
Peak
Photo: Trevor Rickard, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Black Mixen is a subsidiary summit of Rhos Fawr or Great Rhos in the Radnor Forest. The summit is large peat bog plateau. The summit is marked with a cairn, and is next to a radio transmitter and its building.
Bleddfa Castle
Archaeological site
Bleddfa Castle was a motte and bailey structure near Llangunllo in modern-day Powys, Wales. It is believed to have been built before 1195 and abandoned by 1304.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Llanfihangel Rhydithon and New Radnor.
Llanfihangel Rhydithon
Village
Photo: Philip Halling, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Llanfihangel Rhydithon is a community in the county of Powys, Wales, and is 56.1 miles from Cardiff and 143.5 miles from London. In 2011 the population of Llanfihangel Rhydithon was 228 with 6.7% of them able to speak Welsh.
New Radnor
Village
New Radnor is a village and community in Powys, Wales. It is south of Radnor Forest, and was historically the county town of Radnorshire. In the 2001 census, the community's population of 410 was split evenly between male and female, in 192 households.
Bleddfa
Village
Mynydd Ffoesidoes Nature Reserve
- Type: Nature reserve
- Categories: wetland and recreation area
- Location: New Radnor, Powys, Mid Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.2775° or 52° 16′ 39″ northLongitude
-3.1838° or 3° 11′ 2″ westOperator
Radnorshire Wildlife TrustOpen location code
9C4R7RH8+2FOpenStreetMap ID
way 285880426OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveOpenStreetMap feature
natural=wetland
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In Other Languages
“Mynydd Ffoesidoes Nature Reserve” goes by many names.
- Welsh: “Gwarchodfa Natur Mynydd Ffoesidoes”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Twiscob and Harley Dingle.
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Highlights include Great Creigiau and Fron-wen.
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