Caeau Pant-y-Bryn is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Carmarthenshire, Wales.
SSSI Caeau Pant-y-Bryn SSSI is located approximately north-west of Glanaman, and covers . Its north-east boundary abuts the Mountain Road from Glanaman to Coed Llandyfan.
The site is a set of five unimproved fields grazed by ponies, of a type once typical in the area, but now rare. The fields sit on Namurian sandstone and quartzite covered in Pleistocene boulder clay. The SSSI citation for Caeau Pant-y-Bryn specifies that the main feature is "a large stand of purple moor-grass (Molinia caerulea) and meadow thistle (Cirsium dissectum) Fen-meadow". A number of sedges and other plants are notable at the site, including: carnation sedge (Carex panicea) tawny sedge (Carex hostiana) flea sedge (Carex pulicaris) compact rush (Juncus conglomeratus) sharp-flowered rush (Juncus acutiflorus) meadow thistle (Cirsium dissectum) whorled caraway devil's-bit scabious (Succisa pratensis) tormentil (Potentilla erecta)
See also List of Sites of Special Scientific Interest in Carmarthenshire
References
External links SSSI Citation for Caeau Pant-y-Bryn Citation map for Caeau Pant-y-Bryn Your Special Site and its Future - Caeau Pant-y-Bryn SSSI overview from Natural Resources Wales Caeau Pant-y-Bryn SSSI marked on DEFRA's MAGIC Map