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Llun o Llawr-y-dolau, Pentre Dolau Honddu, Sir Frycheiniog. Tynnwyd gan Iorwerth Peate, Mehefin 1940. Ar ddechrau'r Ail Ryfel Byd penderfynodd Swyddfa'r Rhyfel i ddefnyddio'r Epynt fel ardal hyfforddiant i'r Fyddin. Gorfodwyd 219 o bobl yr ardal wledig i symud o'u cartrefi a'u ffermydd. Ym Mehefin 1940, aeth Iorwerth Peate o'r Amgueddfa Genedlaethol i'r Epynt i gofnodi rhai o'r adeiladau hyn.

Negative of Llawr-y-dolau, Dolau Honddu village, Breconshire. Taken by Iorwerth Peate in June 1940.

The Epynt was selected by the War Office at the begining of World War Two as an artillery practice area, and 219 people were given notice and had to move from their homes and farms. Iorwerth Peate as part of the staff of National Museum Wales was tasked with documenting and photographing some of these dwellings.