CYNGOR CEFN GWLAD CYMRU

COUNTRYSIDE COUNCIL FOR WALES

SITE OF SPECIAL SCIENTIFIC INTEREST CITATION

VALE OF GLAMORGAN CWM CYDFIN

Date of notification: 1972, 1985

National Grid Reference: ST 165739

O.S. Maps: 1:50,000 Sheet number: 171

1:25,000 Sheet number: ST 17

Site area: 5.5 ha

Description:

A mixed deciduous woodland adjacent to saltings of the River Ely in a valley overlying Triassic Marls and Rhaetic rocks which are locally exposed in cliffs beside a tidal creek. The main trees are pedunculate oak, ash, elm, maple with hazel, dogwood and spindle. The ground flora is varied and especially rich alongside the streams.

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