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The road drops to a stream, Nant Gwenddwr, then climbs to Fron Farm seen on the horizon. All in the square and mainly sheep grazing.
©Graham Horn
Dist:0.2km<br/>A smaller place than the map suggests; just a few houses and a JCB.
©Graham Horn
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©Andrew Lewis
Dist:0.3km<br/>The parish of Gwenddwr, with Llaneglwys to the south, was owned by the Cistercian abbey of Dore in the Middle Ages. Most of the farms are now owned by the farming families. There is a very small village centre round the church.
©CHARLES GORDON CLARK
Dist:0.3km<br/>A minor road out of Gwenddwr crosses the stream here.
©Graham Horn
Dist:0.3km<br/>One of the few houses in the hamlet, next to the chapel. There is also a church
©Graham Horn
Dist:0.3km<br/>The church of St Dubricius in the hamlet of Gwenddwr. Taken on a family history tour of the photographer's ancestral home.
©Simon Atkin
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©Andrew Lewis
Dist:0.6km<br/>It was a long way for the monks of Dore to come to their grange at Gwenddwr, especially as the Black Mountains were in the way.
©CHARLES GORDON CLARK
Dist:0.6km<br/>The track leading to the sheep farm of Erw-hir seen in the middle distance.
©Graham Horn
Dist:0.7km<br/>A lot of scrubby land on the margins of the common as it leads down a steep hill towards Fron Farm.
©Graham Horn
Dist:0.7km<br/>The soft ground is emphasised by the tractor tyre marks. This is typical farmland in this square.
©Graham Horn
Dist:0.7km<br/>This bridleway runs between two high hedges which have had a very tidy haircut. The track is extremely muddy though.
©Graham Horn
Dist:0.8km<br/>There is a building marked on the 1:50K map here. Do these few pieces of corrugated iron and a feeding trough count?
©Graham Horn
Dist:0.8km<br/>This bridleway was very muddy. But all the hedges in the area are very tidy, having had recent haircuts.
©Graham Horn

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