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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
166:, though a large number of other species were also tried. The trees are regularly felled for commercial use and replanted. This forested area forms the major part of the 368: 397: 392: 289: 237: 210: 81:(2,162 feet (659 m)) which lie at the north of the range. Further south the peaks are lower and the hills more gently rounded. 422: 142: 361: 402: 354: 258: 263: 107: 417: 179: 151: 167: 123: 119: 412: 407: 285: 279: 233: 206: 200: 115: 111: 99: 387: 326: 155: 59: 338: 163: 127: 103: 95: 381: 159: 63: 55: 306: 227: 78: 51: 131: 47: 43: 31: 70: 39: 150:
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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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
2013 Wales Rally GB

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