Historic background
A hanging river valley cut deep into the
north-facing hill slopes whose picturesque qualities appear
to have been appreciated by the Bulkeley and Penrhyn estates,
its successive owners. The majority of this area formed part
of the Manor of Aber, though Bodsilin was a free township.
The timber plantations appear to date from the early decades
of the nineteenth century, and there were marked boundary changes
in the twentieth. Much of the area is now included as an NNR.
Key historic landscape characteristics
Relict archaeology, woodland
An attractive and much-visited area which
contains a wealth of relict archaeological remains, currently
the subject of a detailed survey and management plan being
undertaken by GAT for CCW.
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