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This footpath forms part of a circular walk that begins in a wooded river valley.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>The view across a little valley down which runs a tributary of the Afon Nyfer: both valley and stream are nameless on the map.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>Right beside the Afon Nyfer and named accordingly: bank of the water.
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Dist:0.3km<br/>Cottage beside the river between Nevern and Newport has long been derelict despite its delightful location on the Pilgrims' Way.
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Dist:0.4km<br/>The path along the river between Nevern and Newport is said to have been the route taken by pilgrims travelling to and from St Davids'. These well-worn steps have been hewn out of the bedrock.
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Dist:0.4km<br/>Not an aged policeman but the intact remains of the once-universal apparatus for tackling the household laundry. A fire would be made beneath the cast-iron vessel to heat the water for the wash, then cold water for rinsing, a mangle (with luck), the washing line and the housewife's hands would complete the job. In a small outhouse beside a ruined cottage.
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Dist:0.4km<br/>A major restoration is under way on this old bridge over Afon Nanhyfer at the edge of the Llwyngwair estate. (February 2010)
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Dist:0.4km<br/>Built around 1800, it's no longer a 'new bridge' that leads from the grounds of Llwyngwair House towards the estate farm and woods over the river. Now it marks the further end of a caravan park that spreads over the old parkland. Note the flood arches on either side of the main arch: useful when the river is swollen, as in the picture.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>This old bridge looks immaculate again now.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>The bridge (dating probably from the early 1800s) has undergone a transformation, rebuilt by a couple of masons to its original state with freshly-cut slates set vertically along the parapet. Old stones have been re-used where possible. The work has been in progress for 6 months, see [[1969506]], and the result is a triumph for old fashioned craft skills.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>This is the far end of the camping area around Llwyngwair Manor, where static caravans with tent extensions can be hired in a peaceful site beside the river. The stone is engraved with the words Dol Cawell/ Uchaf Haf/1973. The name means Cradle Meadow perhaps referring to its shape and sheltered location.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>This cottage in the woods on the edge of the Llwyngwair Manor estate stands next to an old stone bridge over the Afon Nyfer called Pont Newydd/New Bridge.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>Accidentally without a map, I followed this right of way through woods and fields in the hope that I would eventually end up somewhere familiar. Fortunately I did.
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Dist:0.5km<br/>Fron Goch, an isolated dwelling in the gentle rolling landscape north of Nevern/Nanhyfer, was probably named in Welsh for a physical feature of the land.
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