Knowledge (XXG)

Afon Crawnon

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The public road up the valley is effectively a cul-de-sac though numerous footpaths and bridleways climb up the sides of the valley from it. However, a vehicular impassable Restricted Byway (Road used as Public Path) connects to an equally difficult in law Right of way at the end of the valley,
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Ordnance Survey Explorer maps OL12 & OL13 'Brecon Beacons National Park: western area & eastern area'
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British Geological Survey 1:50,000 map sheet 232 'Abergavenny' & accompanying memoir
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schemes. Dyffryn Crawnon is translated from Welsh to mean "Valley of the Garlic River".
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The river flows through a valley carved into the mudstones and sandstones of the
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suspected to be the original line of the Brinore Tramroad. The
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Index


Brecon Beacons National Park
Powys
Wales
Trefil
Dyffryn Crawnon
River Usk
Llangynidr
micro-hydro
Old Red Sandstone
Devonian period
Beacons Way
51°52′08″N 3°14′39″W / 51.86889°N 3.24417°W / 51.86889; -3.24417
Categories
Brecon Beacons
Rivers of Powys
Rivers of the Brecon Beacons National Park

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