List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Ceredigion

This is a list of the Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSIs) in the Ceredigion Area of Search (AOS).^[1]

History

SSSIs in the UK are notified using the concept of an Area of Search, an area of between 400 km² (150 sq mi) and 4,000 km² (1,500 sq mi) in size.^[2] The Areas of Search were conceived and developed between 1975 and 1979 by the Nature Conservancy Council (NCC), based on regions created by the Local Government Act 1972.^[3] Whereas England had its Areas of Search based on 46 counties, those in Wales were based on a combination of the counties and smaller districts. In 1974, Wales was divided into 8 counties, with 37 districts. The NCC created 12 Welsh Areas of Search; they mostly follow county borders, but the larger counties (Dyfed, Powys and Gwynedd) were divided into multiple Areas using district borders. Mid and South Glamorgan were merged into a single AOS, whilst Llanelli district was included in the West Glamorgan AOS.

Due to subsequent local government reorganisation in the UK since 1972, many counties and districts have been divided, merged or renamed. Using the AOS system alone would make it difficult to search for individual SSSI citations via the Countryside Council for Wales (CCW) database without knowing 1972 region divisions. As a result, the CCW groups Welsh SSSIs using the subdivisions of Wales formed in April 1996 by the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994, resulting in 22 principal areas.

Ceredigion AOS lies within the county of Ceredigion.

For SSSIs elsewhere in the UK, see List of SSSIs by Area of Search.

Sites

Aberarth - Carreg Wylan
Afon Rheidol ger Capel Bangor
Afon Teifi
Allt Wen a Traeth Tanybwlch
Banc Llety-spence
Banc y Mwldan
Banc-y-Warren
Borth - Clarach
Bron Aberanerch
Bryn Bras
Cae Ffos-yr-odyn
Cae Ty-hen
Caeau Ardwyn
Caeau Crug Bychan, Ty Gwyn a Llwyn Ysgaw
Caeau Llety-cybi
Cae'r Meirch
Chwarel Ponterwyd (Ponterwyd Quarry)
Coed a Gweunydd Gilfach-gwyddil
Coed Allt Craig Arth
Coed Allt Lan-las
Coed Cwm Cletwr
Coed Cwm Einion
Coed Mynachlog-fawr
Coed Nant Llolwyn
Coed Tyddyn-du
Coed y Crychydd
Coedydd a Cheunant Rheidol (Rheidol Woods & Gorge)
Coedydd a Chorsydd Aber Teifi (Teifi Estuary Woodlands & Marshes)
Comin Esgairmaen
Comin Silian
Comins Capel Betws
Cors Bwlch-y-baedd
Cors Caranod
Cors Caron
Cors Gorsgoch
Cors Llyn Farch a Llyn Fanod
Cors Nantcwnlle
Cors Penbwlch
Cors y Sychnant
Craigyfulfran & Clarach
Craig-y-pistyll
Creigiau Aberarth-Morfa
Creigiau Cwm-Ceriw a Ffos-las (Morfa Bychan)
Creigiau Pen y graig
Cwm Doethie - Mynydd Mallaen
Cwm Llyfnant
Cwmsymlog
Dolau Hafod a Winllan
Dyfi
Elenydd
Ffordd Coed Dol-Fawr
Figyn Blaen-Brefi
Glanfedw
Glanrhocca
Gro Ty'n yr Helyg
Gro Ystwyth
Gwaun Garthenor a Llanio-Isaf
Gwaun Pen-lan
Gwaun Troed-rhiw-seiri a Llyn Mynydd-gorddu
Gwaun Ystrad Caron
Gweunydd Pendinas
Hen Berth Fron-Badarn a Phersondy
Llyn Eiddwen
Llynoedd Ieuan
Mwyngloddfa Brynyrafr
Mwyngloddfa Castell
Mwyngloddfa Cwmbrwyno
Mwyngloddfa Cwmystwyth
Mwyngloddfa Darren
Mwyngloddfa Erglodd
Mwyngloddfa Frongoch
Mwyngloddfa Llechweddhelyg
Mwyngloddfa Llety Ifan Hen (Vaughan Mine)
Mwyngloddfa Nant-y-cagl (Eaglebrook Mine)
Nant Cledlyn Pingos
Old Cilgwyn and Cae Heslop
Parc Pont-faen
Parc-y-rhos
Pencarreg-gopa a Moel Hyrddod
Pencreigiau'r Llan
Pumlumon (Plynlimon)
Rheidol Shingles and Backwaters
Rhos Blaen Carrog
Rhos Blaenclettwr
Rhos Bron-yr-helem
Rhos Bryn Hir
Rhos Bryn-wichell
Rhos Bwlch-y-rhandir
Rhos Cilcennin
Rhos Cross Inn
Rhos Cwmsaeson
Rhos Esgairwen-fawr a Rhosgoch-fawr
Rhos Fullbrook
Rhos Gargoed
Rhos Gellie
Rhos Glwydwern
Rhos Glyn-yr-helyg
Rhos Llawr Cwrt
Rhos Pil-bach a Pennar-fawr
Rhos Talglas a Chors yr Hafod
Rhos-Rydd
River Ithon
Traeth Llanon

References

^ "County search of SSSIs". Countryside Council for Wales. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2012.
^ Joint Nature Conservation Committee (1998 revision); Guidelines for the Selection of Biological SSSIs, section 4.11, p. 17. ISBN 1873701721.
^ Joint Nature Conservation Committee (1998 revision); Guidelines for the Selection of Biological SSSIs, section 4.5, pp. 14–15. ISBN 1873701721.

[1] "County search of SSSIs". Countryside Council for Wales. Archived from the original on 5 March 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2012.

[2] Joint Nature Conservation Committee (1998 revision); Guidelines for the Selection of Biological SSSIs, section 4.11, p. 17. ISBN 1873701721.

[3] Joint Nature Conservation Committee (1998 revision); Guidelines for the Selection of Biological SSSIs, section 4.5, pp. 14–15. ISBN 1873701721.

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