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Coed y Bwl

Site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ5140540 ↗
Source-derived summary

Coed y Bwl is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in Glamorgan, south Wales. The site is managed by The Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales. It is an ancient ash woodland on the northwest side of the Alun Valley and overlies Carboniferous limestone.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Coed y Bwl” as site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Coed, Site and Special.

Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current 45-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Coed, Site and Special providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Coed y Bwl”, the useful work is to connect “site of Special Scientific Interest in Wales” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

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Stable identifiers, scientific names and standards terminology offer the best bridge between this overview and specialist evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5140540. Authority coordinates are 51.464, -3.571. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

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This entry incorporates text from “Coed y Bwl” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.