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• BBC News: Eco House May Have to Go

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/wales/1013842.stm
  A grass-roofed roundhouse will have to be pulled down unless it wins an appeal. Like many of the buildings at Brithdir Mawr, near Fishguard, it was built without planning permission in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park. BBC News - Wales.

• BBC News: Eco-house Battle put on Hold

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_west/4098594.stm
  A legal battle over the building of an eco-house in a national park is put on hold for a year until new planning rules can be agreed.

• BBC News: Launch for Eco-village Settlement

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/south_west/4723304.stm
  A plan to build up to 45 low impact homes made from natural and recycled materials is launched.

• BBC News: Secret Village to be Pulled Down

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/199778.stm
  A national park authority has ordered that a secret commune, built deep in forest without planning permission, is to be pulled down.

• BBC News: The Land that Time Forgot

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/1205990.stm
  For years they lived in quiet seclusion, until, one day, the authorities stumbled over Wales' "lost tribe". They fought for their alternative lifestyle, and won. But now they face a new battle.

• Brithdir Mawr Community

  http://www.brithdirmawr.co.uk/
  A collective of people working towards sustainability who wish to share their aim with others. Details of the community, residential courses run, and volunteer opportunities.

• Brithdir Mawr Modern Stone Circle

  http://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=35814
  Bronze Age circle that was destroyed, but now resurrected using traditional methods.

• That Roundhouse

  http://thatroundhouse.info/
  History and background information on the on-going saga of the low-impact roundhouse build without planning permission over the winter 1997/8, and threatened with demolition on several occasions.

 

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