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Survey Details for CRDGNGL062 - 2026-06-05

CRDGNGL062

Geological Landscape

Ty-hen

Ceredigion

2008-01-08

  • Level 1: Lowland hills and valleys
  • Level 2: Undulating lowland hill terrain
  • Level 3: Undulating lowland hill terrain

Monitoring

Q1 - Date of monitoring?

  • No Answer

Q1a - Monitoring undertaken by

  • No Answer

Q1b - Has this record been updated following monitoring work?

  • No Answer

Q1c - Change indicated by

  • No Answer

Q1d - What has changed?

  • No Answer

Q1e - Has the information ever been verified in the field?

  • No

Q2 - Does this area have a special or functional link with an adjacent area?

  • No

Description

Q3 - If Classification is "Other", specify here

  • Empty value

Q4 - What is the geographical and topographical character of this area?

  • Small section of undulating slopes between the Tresaith and Penbryn valleys, falling from the escarpment at the base of Brynhoffnant area (Aspect Area 70) at around 130m towards the coast. Upper Ordovician slaty mudrock bedrock.

Q4a - Where bedrock dominated, what is the dominant bedrock type?

  • Sedimentary

Q4b - Where bedrock dominated, what is the age that characterises the aspect area?

  • Ordovician

Q4c - Where bedrock dominated, what is the major rock lithogy (-ies)?

  • Mudstone
  • Slate

Q4d - Where drift dominated, what is the dominant drift deposit?

  • No Answer

Q4e - Where drift dominated, what is the major sediment that characterises the area?

  • No Answer

Q5 - What is the characteristic Level 3 component of the area?

  • Undulating lowland hill terrain

Q6 - Which of the following is a significant contributor to the geological character of the area?

  • Stratigraphic formation(s)
    • Nantmel Mudstones Formation [ORDOVICIAN: ASHGILL, PUSGILLIAN-HIRNANTIAN], with Yr Allt Formation [ORDOVICIAN: ASHGILL, HIRNANTIAN] to S.
  • Active processes
    • Stream

Q7 - What additional subsidiary Level 3 components are notable?

  • No Answer

Q8 - What Level 4 components are notable in this area?

  • Slope

Q9 - What active geological and geomorphological processes are significant in this area?

  • Stream
  • Empty value

Q10 - Are there components of significant hydrological importance?

  • Yes
    • Stream

Q11 - Are there any pedological processes that are significant in the area or have had a landscape forming effect?

  • No

Q12 - Is there current mineral extraction?

  • No

Q13 - Has there been mineral extraction in the past?

  • No

Q14 - Are there SSSI/GCR sites here?

  • No

Q15 - Are there geological SINC, 2nd tier, or RIGS sites in the area?

  • No

Condition

Q16 - Value

  • Moderate
    • No regionally significant sites/ landforms noted during present survey and geology/ geomorphology considered to be typical of feature/ process and is either widespread, better exposed elsewhere or not currently known to be exceptional.

Q17 - Condition

  • Good
    • Rural area with no significant development.

Q18 - Trend

  • Constant
    • Rural area with no significant development.

Recommendations

Q19 - Existing management

  • Generally Appropriate

Q20 - Existing management remarks:

  • Rural area with no significant development.

Q21 - Principal management recommendations

  • Ensure that no features or natural systems of geological or geomorphological significance in the area are lost or damaged (e.g. due to development or forestry).

Q22 - Guideline

  • Long Term
    • Ensure that no features or natural systems of geological or geomorphological significance in the area are lost or damaged (e.g. due to development or forestry).

Tolerance To Change

Q23 - Are there any significant threats to the current integrity and condition of the Earth Heritage features of the area?

  • Not known

Aspect Area Boundary

Q24 - To what level was this information site-surveyed?

  • Level 3

Q25 - At 1:10,000, how much of the Aspect Area boundary is precise?

  • Most
    • Aspect Area boundaries surveyed at 1:10,000 using aerial photographs, mapped at 1:25,000.

Q26 - What baseline information source was used for Aspect Area boundary mapping?

  • Other
    • 1:50,000 British Geological Survey maps, 1:10,000 aerial photographs (as stereo pairs), OS 1:25,000 Landranger topographical map.

Q27 - If OS Data was used, what was the scale?

  • 1:10,000 and 1:25,000

Q28 - What is the justification for the Aspect Area boundaries?

  • Top of cliff etc and base escarpment above and edge valley system to W and E.

Evaluation

Q29 - Evaluation Criteria: Research Value

  • Moderate
    • No regionally significant sites/ landforms noted during present survey and geology/ geomorphology considered to be typical of feature/ process and is either widespread, better exposed elsewhere or not currently known to be exceptional.

Q29a - Evaluation Criteria: Educational Value

  • Low
    • No regionally significant sites/ landforms noted during present survey and geology/ geomorphology considered to be typical of feature/ process and is either widespread, better exposed elsewhere or not currently known to be exceptional.

Q30 - Evaluation Criteria: Historical Value

  • Low
    • No regionally significant sites/ landforms noted during present survey and geology/ geomorphology considered to be typical of feature/ process and is either widespread, better exposed elsewhere or not currently known to be exceptional.

Q31 - Evaluation Criteria: Rarity / Uniqueness

  • Low
    • No regionally significant sites/ landforms noted during present survey and geology/ geomorphology considered to be typical of feature/ process and is either widespread, better exposed elsewhere or not currently known to be exceptional.

Q32 - Evaluation Criteria: Classic Example

  • Low
    • No regionally significant sites/ landforms noted during present survey and geology/ geomorphology considered to be typical of feature/ process and is either widespread, better exposed elsewhere or not currently known to be exceptional.

Q33 - Evaluation Criteria: Overall Evaluation

  • Moderate
    • No regionally significant sites/ landforms noted during present survey and geology/ geomorphology considered to be typical of feature/ process and is either widespread, better exposed elsewhere or not currently known to be exceptional.

Q34 - Justification of overall evaluation

  • No regionally significant sites/ landforms noted during present survey and geology/ geomorphology considered to be typical of feature/ process and is either widespread, better exposed elsewhere or not currently known to be exceptional.

Bibliography

Q35 - Sources and additional assessments

  • BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 2006a, Sheet 194, 1:50,000 Geological Series; DAVIES, J.R. 2007a, Sheet explanation, 1:50,000 Sheet 194, NERC; ORDNANCE SURVEY 2005b, Explorer Map 198 (1:25, 000).

Assessment

Q36 - Additional Assessments

  • Empty value

Q37 - Additional Comments

  • Additional Level 4 features include: Stream