Puck’s Tale Stori Pwca Follow me if you dare and I’ll take you that they now form part of a National Mentrwch ddilyn fi ac mi af â chi’n chi fi. Byddwch yn garedig i fi ac fe deep into the Clydach Gorge. The Nature Reserve. ddwfn i Geunant Clydach. Pwca yw’r gewch glywed mwy. name’s Puck. Some people say that the Come on follow me and I’ll show you enw. Dywed rhai bod y bardd enwog Dechreuodd y cyfan oll tua 250 o great bard William Shakespeare was the tell-tale signs of the Gorge’s iron- William Shakespeare wedi cael ei flynyddoedd yn ôl pan wnaethant inspired to write about me in a play he making past. But be warned, I won’t ysbrydoli i ysgrifennu amdanaf mewn ddarganfod trysorau cudd y ceunant; called ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ let your kind spoil my woodland home drama o’r enw ‘Breuddwyd Nos Gŵyl mwyn haearn, calchfaen, dŵr i gael following a visit to the Gorge over 400 again. Stick to the paths and I won’t Ifan’ yn dilyn ymweliad â’r ceunant dros pŵer a phren i wneud siarcol i fwydo’r years ago. But I can tell you that I’m lead you astray, I promise. 400 mlynedd yn ôl. Ond clywch, rwyf ffwrneisi; y ffwrneisi tanllyd, myglyd much older than that and I’ve seen all yn henach o lawer na hynny ac rydw i a ddefnyddiwyd i wneud eu haearn. of the comings & goings. Be nice to me wedi gweld yr holl fynd a dod, credwch Mewn amrantiad, fe drawsnewidion and I’ll tell you. nhw’r Ceunant. Cafnu’r pridd â’u pyllau It all kicked off around 250 years ago glo a’u chwareli, tynnu’r coed ffawydd when they discovered the Gorge’s hynafol o’r llethrau a leinio’r cwm â hidden treasures. Iron ore, limestone, thraciau a thramffyrdd. Breuddwyd wir… water for power and wood for making mwy fel hunllef! charcoal to fuel the furnaces. The fiery, Yna, fel chwinciad, fe ddiflannodd eto. smoke belching furnaces in which they Diwydiant cyfan yn mynd ar y clwt made their iron. In the blink of an eye diolch i beirianneg fwy clyfar byth a they transformed the Gorge. Gouging ddygodd y diwydiant creu haearn i the earth with mines & quarries, fan arall, gan adael natur i adennill y stripping the hillsides of their ancient Ceunant. Diolch byth cafodd y coed beech trees and lining the valley with ffawydd oedd yn weddill, eu hachub tracks & tramroads. Some dream… rhag y fwyell, diolch i ymylon serth y more like a nightmare! cwm, ac erbyn hyn maen nhw’n ffynnu Then, as quickly as it came so it went. A unwaith eto, yn gymaint eu bod nhw whole industry made redundant by ever nawr yn rhan o Warchodfa Natur Leol. more clever engineering that took the Dewch, dilynwch fi, ac fe ddangosaf iron-making elsewhere, leaving nature i chi’r arwyddion sicr o orffennol creu to reclaim the Gorge. Thankfully, the haearn y Ceunant. Ond dyma rybudd i valley’s steep sides saved the remaining chi, ni adawaf i’ch math chi ddistrywio beech trees from the axe and they are flourishing once more. So much so Remains of the Clydach Ironworks Gweddillion Gwaith haearn Clydach fy nghoetir fyth eto. Cadwch at y llwybrau ac ni wnaf eich arwain ar gyfeiliorn, rwy’n addo.