Llandre is a National Trust family run farm in the Dolaucothi
valley
in North Carmarthenshire famous for its Roman Goldmines.
The farm is
280 acres of rolling hills with three peaks reaching 1000ft. Stocking consists
of 850 sheep and a thousand lambs born every March in a purpose built sheep
shed where the sheep are housed from early January to mid March. During the
winter months 70 cattle are housed in the adjoining buildings.
The farm is in an environmental improvement scheme with thousands of metres of
hedgerows having been restored in the last few years with wildlife corridors
being created. The latest project was to fence out the Cothi River which runs
through the farm to increase vegetative regeneration along the river bank with
subsequent improvement in wildlife and fish stocks.
There are good signposted
walks around the farm and the adjoining National Trust Estate farms.
Produce from the farm and the rest of the Dolaucothi Estate is sold through the
award winning 'Sainsbury's
Lamb from the National Trust tenants on the Dolaucothi Estate'. In 2005, the Dolaucothi Estate lamb was awarded both the prestigious
True Taste of Wales Gold Award & also Best Lamb Product at the Meat & Poultry
News Industry Awards.
We are continually looking for increased levels of animal health and welfare
in the care of our livestock while managing the countryside in a sympathetic
and sustainable manner.