Agriculture
The landscape in the area owes much to the farming practices over many hundreds of years, as it does to the geology. Agricultural practice is mainly pastoral as the land doesn’t lend itself to arable crops. The main enterprises are extensive sheep farming and the odd beef herd. The area is made up of small […]
Wales Tree of the Year 2018 – Derwen Pwllpriddog, Rhandir-mwyn.
Wales’ Tree of the Year 2018 Derwen Pwllpriddog, that for centuries has graced the roadside next to a country lane in Rhandirmwyn, has been crowned Wales’ Tree of the Year for 2018, following a public vote organised by The Woodland Trust and supported by the People’s Postcode Lottery. Standing in a hedgerow just outside the quiet […]
The Building Of Llyn Brianne Dam – Archival Construction Film
Celebrating 150 Years of The Heart of Wales Line
From transporting freight in the early days and soldiers in WW1, the Heart of Wales Line has stories to tell across generations. The line was orginally built to transport coal and other freight from South Wales up north to the busy factories of the industrial revolution. It was one of the few rural lines to […]