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St Davids Church Colva is situated in a sparsely populated area of Radnorshire. It is one of the churches visited by Kilvert the Victorian clergyman who came to test its' echo.
©Angela Jones
Dist:0.6km<br/>With fading 18th century texts and the ghostly remains of medieval wall paintings, the single chamber building has real atmosphere.
©Philip Pankhurst
Dist:0.6km<br/>St David's Church is set in a small rectangular churchyard high in the Radnorshire hills; the timbered porch dates back to the 15th century.
©Ann Roberts
Dist:0.6km<br/>The east end
©Philip Pankhurst
Dist:0.6km<br/>Road east from Glascwm crossing a pass out of the Arrow Valley over to Colva. Usual high hedges and few passing places.
©Richard Webb
Dist:0.6km<br/>Interior, looking west, showing the Royal Arms of 1733.
©Philip Pankhurst
Dist:0.6km<br/>Well off the beaten track, near Gladestry. Hardly great architecture, but a wonderful little building that Kilvert loved and which remains unchanged from his time.
©Philip Pankhurst
Dist:0.6km<br/>From the hillside meadow to the west of the church - on one of the highest ancient sites in Wales
©Philip Pankhurst
Dist:0.6km<br/>Daffodils beside St David's Church
©Richard Webb
Dist:1.0km<br/>Upper Arrow Valley. Enlarged house seen across a crossroads from the Glascwm road.
©Richard Webb
Dist:1.0km east<br/>This shows the improvement made by fertilization to the pasture closer to hand than the rougher grass in the background.
©Jonathan Billinger
Dist:1.0km north<br/>The access land extends around this wall and the woodland towards Colva Hill, the western flanks of which are seen on the left.
©Graham Horn
Dist:1.1km west<br/>Open access moorland rises above Cnwch Farm and heads north, gradually climbing towards Llanfihangel Hill.
©Graham Horn
Dist:1.1km northwest<br/>One of a number of small pools on the access moorland, surrounded by bracken. In this border area the bodies of water are called "pools", the slopes are called "banks" and the tops are called "hills", all English words but often with Welsh names.
©Graham Horn
Dist:1.1km northwest<br/>One of a number of small pools on the access moorland, surrounded by bracken. In this border area the bodies of water are called "pools", the slopes are called "banks" and the tops are called "hills", all English words but often with Welsh names.
©Graham Horn

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