Black Mountains and Golden Valley, Upland and Upland Fringe
Author(s): Jeremy Lake
This area lies within the south-west corner of Herefordshire. It is bounded by the Welsh half of the Black Mountains and the Brecon Beacons to the west, the Wye Valley and Herefordshire lowlands to the north and east and the River Monnow to the south. It is a border landscape between the upland moors to the west and the cultivated, settled valleys to the east. Nearly 11% of the Character Area is woodland, and almost none of the area is urban (much less than 1%). Almost 58% of the area is Less Favoured Area (LFA). There are two sub-areas within this Character Area: 1. Black Mountains – High densities of farmsteads are generally set within small-scale fields resulting from medieval woodland clearance and later reorganisation. 2. Golden Valley – Medium to low densities of farmsteads are set in larger-scale fields with historic water meadows.
- Report Number:
- 103/2020
- Series:
- Research Report
- Pages:
- 13
- Keywords:
- Landscape Farmstead Historic
