Dylife Gorge

Coordinates: 52°32′15″N 3°39′47″W / 52.5376°N 3.663°W / 52.5376; -3.663

Dylife Gorge
Dylife Gorge, June 2008
Dylife Gorge  Dylife Gorge shown within Powys
OS grid reference	SH891027
Principal area	Powys
Ceremonial county	Powys
Country	Wales
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Police	Dyfed-Powys
Fire	Mid and West Wales
Ambulance	Welsh
EU Parliament	Wales
UK Parliament	Montgomeryshire
List of places: UK • Wales • Powys

The Dylife Gorge, located near Dylife, Powys, Mid Wales, was carved by the action (and aftermath) of the last Ice age. It is headed by the Ffrwd Fawr Waterfall.

Before the last Ice age, the River Twymyn did not flow through the valley. When the valley was filled by a glacier, the ice ground out a U-shaped glaciated valley. When the glacier that filled the valley melted the Twymyn started to run down the wide channel left behind and the fast flowing river further eroded the valley, cutting the V-shaped gorge as seen today.^[1]

The long-distance footpath Glyndŵr's Way (Welsh: Llwybr Glyndŵr) passes nearby.

See also

• Geology of the United Kingdom

References

1. ^ Dylife Gorge

External links

• Dylife Gorge
• Photos of the Dylife Gorge on geograph.org.uk