
Llangattock Community Council has this evening set its budget for 2021/22. This report sets out the decisions it took and why.
On a very cold and blowy day in the middle of January Llangattock Community Councillors, Gail Jones and Kate Inglis paid a visit to a rare natural phenomenon, one of very few in Wales, right on our doorstep. It's a rare raised bog, called Waun Ddu, part of the Craig y Cillau Nature Reserve on Llangattock Escarpment.
The Councillors were met, from a distance, by Jake White from the Natural Resources Wales Welsh Raised Bogs LIFE Project. It is planning work to protect the bog and asked for the meeting to raise awareness about the project.
Waun Ddu is located near the top of the mountain road to Beaufort at the Cattle Grid where there is a popular footpath down into a hidden valley which links with the far end of the tramroad on the side of the Llangattock Escarpment. As you descend the rocky path you can see the round shape of the marshy bog at the bottom and there is a halo effect of a stream circling the outside of the bog. It is termed ‘Raised’ as from lower levels you can see that the whole bog area grows in a mound or dome. Due to the complete stream irrigation around Waun Ddu, Jake described it as the "most intact raised bog" in Wales. There are only 7 in total.
However, it is the most deteriorated and in decline due to grazing and this has resulted in the top layers of moss being lost and converting what was a habitat which was absorbing carbon dioxide, into one which is now releasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Jake said the aim is to stop further decline and stop the anaerobic state it is currently in. This will be achieved by the use of dams (or bunds) to retain sufficient moisture and reintroducing the right mosses to the environment. The work will take two years to complete.
The Councillors voiced their support and invited Jake to attend local events in future where his team will be able to provide more information about the project to residents.
The National Parks have completed their consultation on the conservation area for Llangattock and a copy of the report is attached below.
Repair work on the kissing gates on footpaths between Crickhowell Bridge and Llangattock Church should be completed early next week. New parts have to be fabricated in steel before they are fitted. Llangattock Community Council would like to thank everyone for their patience over the Christmas period. Please continue to close the gates gently in the meantime.
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