An Uprooted Community - A History of Epynt by Herbert Hughes

“An Uprooted Community – A History of Epynt” by Herbert Daniel Hughes is a meticulously researched and deeply moving account of one of the most poignant episodes in 20th-century Welsh history. In 1940, the farming families of Mynydd Epynt were evicted to make way for a military training area, displacing a thriving Welsh-speaking community with centuries of cultural and agricultural heritage.

Drawing on personal testimonies, archival documents, photographs, and maps, Hughes reconstructs not only the events of the eviction but also the rich rural life that was lost. Essential reading for anyone interested in Welsh history, land rights, cultural identity, and the long shadow cast by wartime policy decisions.