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run through the Dyfi hills, from Aberllefenni in the west, to Dinas Mawddwy in the north-east. Several commercial quarries worked these veins during the 19th and the first half of the 20th centuries. Major quarries in the area include
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The majority of the area of the Dyfi Hills was planted with forests by the
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Best, F. C.; Hampson, J. R. (1961). "Forestry in West Central Wales".
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and into the 1950s and 1960s. The trees planted were mainly
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The Slate Regions of North and Mid Wales and Their Railways
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Carl I Cater; Brian Garrod; Tiffany Low (1 October 2015).
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Dyfi Hills

anglicised
Snowdonia
River Dyfi
Afon Dulas
Afon Cerist
Aran Fawddwy
Tarren y Gesail
Cadair Idris
Maesglase
Waun-oer
Cribin Fawr
slate
Ratgoed
Mynydd Llwydiarth
Cymerau
Mynydd Cymerau
Hendre Ddu
Mynydd Hendre-ddu
Gartheiniog
Mynydd Gartheiniog
Minllyn
Foel Dinas

Forestry Commission
between the Wars
Sitka Spruce
Japanese Larch
Dyfi Forest

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