THE MAKING OF YNYSLAS: TALES FROM AN AREA THE SIZE OF WALES - 25,000 YEARS AGO TO THE PRESENT DAY

THE MAKING OF YNYSLAS (signed by author)

The Making of Ynyslas brings to life the remarkable tale of the origin of this popular destination on the Cardigan Bay coast of Wales. Journey through deep time, from 25,000 years ago when Wales had an ice cap, through the dramatic changes in Earth’s climate that resulted in the familiar landscape of today. Learn the fascinating history of the drowning of a vast plain that once stretched from today’s coastline out towards Ireland, its only visible remnant now being the famous Submerged Forest.

Drawing upon the extensive scientific literature on Cardigan Bay, this book is a vivid narrative of that dramatic transition — what happened, when it happened and why — and how such changes may have been reflected in Welsh folklore, with the legend of the Kingdom of Cantre’r Gwaelod and its terrible fate.

Author John S Mason, a geologist by training, has lived in the Dyfi Valley for almost forty years, and has spent a significant amount of that time sea fishing, walking and photographing the landscapes, weather and wildlife around Borth, Ynyslas and the Dyfi estuary.