Malltraeth Marsh

Malltraeth Marsh flatlands near the village of Pentre Berw

Malltraeth Marsh (also spelled as Malldraeth; Welsh: Cors Malltraeth or Cors Ddyga) is a large marsh area in Anglesey, North Wales, north-east of Malltraeth village, along the flatlands of Trefdraeth, Bodorgan, Llangristiolus and south of Cefn Cwmwd, Rhostrehwfa. It was reclaimed from estuarine marshes after the construction of the Malltraeth Cob (dyke), a 1 mile (1.6 km) long embankment,[1] and the subsequent canalisation in 1824 of the Afon Cefni.[2]

The name Malltraeth comes from mall ('bad'), and traeth ('sandy shore').[3] The marsh measures 1,366.5 hectares (3,377 acres) in area. The area is recognised as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), and has a range of reedbeds, marshes, wet grassland and small pools/lakes.[4]

  1. ^ "Welcome to the Malltraeth Ymlaen Frontpage". malltraeth.com. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Malltreath Marsh/Cors Ddyga SSSI". angleseynature.co.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  3. ^ Carlisle, Nicholas (1811). A topographical dictionary of ... Wales, a continuation of the topography of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (Now in the public domain. ed.). pp. 446–. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
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