Cors Caron | |
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![]() River Teifi and Cors Caron from Pont Einon | |
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Location | Ceredigion, Wales |
Coordinates | 52°14′05″N 3°56′53″W / 52.234698°N 3.947980°W |
Governing body | Natural Resources Wales |
Cors Caron is a raised bog in Ceredigion, Wales. Cors is the Welsh word for "bog". Cors Caron covers an area of approximately 349 hectares (862 acres).[1] Cors Caron represents the most intact surviving example of a raised bog landscape in the United Kingdom.[2] About 44 different species groups inhabit the area including various land and aquatic plants, fish, insects, crustaceans, lichen, fungi, terrestrial mammals and birds.[2]