Cilcenni Dingle

Cilcenni Dingle is one of the larger of a series of 'dingle' woodlands in southern Radnorshire, these being narrow, deeply incised wooded valleys cut through soft Devonian sandstones by tributaries of the River Wye. The Dingle follows the eastward flowing stream and is about one and half kilometres long and 150 metres wide, with steep sides prone to slumping. The Woodland Trust owns most of the dingle except for a small part of the northern slope opposite sub compartment 1A. The adjoining land is all improved grassland. On the southern side fields are occasionally ploughed for arable cropping. One small abandoned field which is scrubbing over (sub-compartment 1B) is included in Woodland Trust ownership.