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Dist:0.1km<br/>C19 crossroads village in northeast Pembrokeshire that grew up around the arrival of the now-defunct railway. The name mean Buzzard, a bird which is frequent hereabouts.
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Dist:0.1km<br/>View SW, towards Whitland; ex-GWR Whitland - Cardigan branch. Station and line closed to passengers 10/9/62, to goods 27/9/63.
©Ben Brooksbank
Dist:0.2km<br/>
©Stuart Logan
Dist:0.2km<br/>On the front of this stone house is the motif Lawell y Grub 1895.
©Stuart Logan
Dist:0.9km<br/>The house is called Arleth
©Roger W Haworth
Dist:1.0km north<br/>at Pen-bedw. Although ruined, someone has gone to the trouble of clearing the vegetation which was smothering the church - see http://www.dyfedfhs.org.uk/pem/pemlfpw.htm . More information at The Derelict Miscellany: http://derelictmisc.org.uk/penbedw.html . The nearby [[572018]] is now the church for this area.
©Roger W Haworth
Dist:1.1km east<br/>To quote from a leaflet available at the chapel: "In 1764 Morgan Jones the Elder, master of the nearby Cilwendeg Estate, was responsible for completely rebuilding the long neglected medieval chapel called Capel Colman at the western perimeter of Cilwendeg Park - a church so remote and forgotten that in 1721 it was singled out as being fit 'only for the solitary habitations of Owles and Jackdaws'. Morgan Jones the Younger again rebuilt the church in 1833-5 to the designs of one of his estate tenants, Daniel Davies of Blaenpwllddu Farm." This was essentially a private chapel for the estate, the local parish church was the [[572000]] less than a mile away. Today St. Michael's is in ruins and this chapel is still in use for regular worship.
©Roger W Haworth
Dist:1.2km southeast<br/>Vachendre Independent chapel standing on its own half a mile southeast of Boncath.
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Dist:1.2km southeast<br/>It is very common to see a tiny hut labelled "Gents" beside a rural chapel. It was a convenience for the visiting minister!
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Dist:1.2km southeast<br/>Simple, modest design with nice pastel stucco frontage. It dates from 1879 and, like so many of these non-conformist chapels, stands some distance from the village, perhaps on land donated by a supporter.
©ceridwen
Dist:1.3km west<br/>This is a staggered junction at Post-gwyn, as the minor road crosses the fast 'A' road.
©Stuart Logan
Dist:1.3km west<br/>
©Dylan Moore
Dist:1.4km northwest<br/>
©Dylan Moore
Dist:1.4km northeast<br/>
©Roger W Haworth
Dist:1.7km east<br/>An ornamental shell grotto from the 1820s. Open to the public on Thursdays (9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.) between the beginning of April to the end of September. Restored by The Temple Trust in 2005. Temple Trust phone number: 020-7482-6171.
©Suzannah Fleming

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