Epynt clearance

The Epynt clearance (Welsh: Cliriad Epynt; or Y Chwalfa, lit. 'the upheaval') was the eviction of 200 people in Mynydd Epynt, Powys by military authorities in 1939 during World War II. As the War Office decided the area was needed to establish a military training ground, residents of 54 farms and a pub in Mynydd Epynt were sent letters informing that they were to be evicted from their properties for such a purpose. The War Office proceeded to establish the Sennybridge Training Area at the evicted properties. The phrase "Cofiwch Epynt" ('remember Epynt') has been used in memory of the eviction in a similar manner to Cofiwch Dryweryn.