BBC HomeExplore the BBC

27 December 2009
Accessibility help
Text only
Mid Wales

BBC Homepage
Wales Home

Wales SW Mid SE NE NW
»  

Contact Us

Like this page?
Send it to a friend!

 

Pwllywrach Falls

Pwllywrach Nature Reserve near Talgarth is owned and managed by the Brecknock Wildlife Trust. Local fossil-hunter Rod Williams sent us a series of photos of the reserve's falls which he took on Boxing Day 2005. He's also written about some of the area's geological features.


Pwllywrach waterfall in the Brecon Beacons. Photo by Rod Williams.
previous page Rocks at Pwllywrach next page
1  2  3  4  5 

"This may look like another limestone but is in fact a conglomerate, it is fairly lime rich, containing nodules of calcrete and gravel. These rocks are typical of channel lag deposits of large rivers interbedded with mudstones. Again some 400 million years of age. Sometimes they contain the fragments of ancient fishes. I have searched them microscopically for rare minerals but not seen anything of value."
- Rod Williams

  • Rod Williams' fossil photos...
  • Talgarth mini site...

  • your comments

    Be the first to write a comment on this!

    Have you ever visited Pwllywrach Nature Reserve? Tell us what it was like...

    Your name, surname and location (e.g. Joe Bloggs from Newtown):

    Comment:

    Your Email Address

    The BBC reserves the right to select and edit comments. Find out how to make sure your comments are published. To submit a larger contribution or if you require a response please contact us.

    related bbc.co.uk links

    related www links

    more from Mid Wales

    History

    Trabants crossing the East German border
    Fall of the Berlin wall

    Annette Strauch's remembers when the wall came tumbling down.

    Web Guide

    Aberaeron Harbour
    Your Mid Wales

    From Aberaeron to Ystradgynlais, take a tour of the area.

    In Pictures

    Bumble bee
    Your photos

    Check out the latest photos you've sent us from around Mid Wales.


    Lleol
    John Roderick Rees

    Colli'r bardd a'r tyddynnwr

    Teyrnged i'r prifardd John Roderick Ress a hunodd ar 12 Hydref 2009.


    About the BBC | Help | Terms of Use | Privacy & Cookies Policy