Elenydd

The Elenydd (Welsh: [ɛˈlɛnɨð]) is an upland area of Mid Wales, extending across parts of northern and eastern Ceredigion and Powys between Aberystwyth and Rhayader.

[1] The area is an upland plateau of moorland and rough grazing within the Cambrian Mountains, source of the rivers Elan, Severn, Teifi, Towy and Wye.

Elenydd is generally interpreted to mean the upland area between Pumlumon in the north and Mynydd Epynt in the south.

The Rhayader Mudstones overlie these and are to be found further north and west again forming such summits as Esgair Penygarreg, Moelfryn and Craig Dyfnant.

[3] A legacy of the last ice age, there are extensive tracts of country covered by glacial till, particularly in many of the broader valleys.

[5] Elenydd-Mallaen SPA is a large upland site (30,022 ha) described by CCW as ‘one of the most important areas of hill land in Wales for nature conservation’.