The Rationale

Dry stone walls form a unique part of the agricultural, landscape, historical and ecological heritage of the Brecon Beacons National Park. At one time the complete boundary between field and the open mountain would have been marked with dry stone walls.
Due to changes in farming practice, to the lack of time and labour and to economic pressures, dry stone walls have not been repaired and maintained. Some walls have been stripped out and material sold as building stone.

Repairing a mountain wall

A training course evaluation test

The Llangynidr Context

The walls around the village of Llangynidr are mainly of sandstone, but millstone grit and limestone were used to build the walls at the top of the two valleys of Dyffryn Crawnon and the Glaisfer. 
Many of these walls have fallen into disuse over the last century, but significant and dramatic walls still exist. 
Walls of Llangynidr is working to ensure their existence well into the present millennium.

The Selection Process

The following criteria are applied in the selection of suitable walls for repair:

Walls that divide farmland from the mountain

Walls acting as stock barriers and giving stock protection

Walls with landscape, structural, historical or ecological value

Walls that mark a community boundary

Walls that are close to a right of way

Walls that are 75% intact

A repaired Wall at Clog Fawr near Llangynidr

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