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About The National Park
The Brecon Beacons National Park was established in 1957, under the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act of 1949.
It was the tenth area in England and Wales to be given such status.
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The Brecon Beacons - in the beginning...
The Brecon Beacons National Park is a playground for tourists and outdoor enthusiasts alike, but you don't have to run up mountains before breakfast to enjoy what it has to offer.
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Man arrives in The Brecon Beacons...
Ah, footprints...
At around the same time as the glaciers started to melt, man began to appear on the landscape, yet all that remains of his earliest Stone Age presence are rare scattered remnants of early tools made by hunters working stone. Some of these remnants were found around the Gwernvale burial chamber, which lies just outside Crickhowell alongside the A40 road to Brecon.
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The Romans....and onwards!
The Romans arrived in The Brecon Beacons around AD48 and began to conquer the local tribes, including the Silures and the Ordivices (remember them?), yet surprisingly they left little evidence of their passing. Only a few examples of forts and camps remain, with the best evidence occurring in the West of the Park, such as the marching camp and fortlet at Y Pigwn above Trecastle.
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The Storming Normans to the Middle Ages...
In the late 11th Century, the Normans began their conquest of Wales after they had secured most of England following the battle of Hastings.
Their early castles tended to be of the motte and bailey construction. These were relatively quick and easy to build and provided a degree of protection from attack. The motte was a raised earth mound, usually less than 5m high, encircled by a ditch and topped by timber fortifications; it was often, but not always, surrounded by a timber fortified bailey or courtyard.
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The Industrial Revolution to present day
A large contributor to driving the industrial revolution in The Brecon Beacons was the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal. Originally built as two canals, these linked Newport docks to Pontnewydd and Crumlin at the southern end, and Brecon to Pontymoile at the northern end.
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Photographs of the Brecon Beacons
A demonstration of the photographic possibilities to be found in the Brecon Beacons. From mountain top to waterfalls.
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Brecon Beacons Visitor Guide
The Brecon Beacons Visitor Guide gives all sorts of information on what to see and do within the National Park in a FREE pocket sized booklet.
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DVD of the Brecon Beacons National Park
The Brecon Beacons National Park DVD has been produced in association with the National Park Authority.
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