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©Colin Pyle
Dist:0.4km<br/>Gât mochyn a godwyd gan Gyngor Cymuned Llanedi yn 2007. Cyn hynny, hen sticil bren a ddefnyddiwyd i groesi'r ffens. Yr enw heddiw ar y gefnen yw Banc y Fforest ond ei hen enw yw Fforest Cefn Gorach. Yn ôl Deric John ystyr 'corach' yw 'morfa' a'i ystyr tebygol fyddai 'Coed ar Fryn uwchben Morfa'. Mae gair cyffelyb yn yr Wyddeleg sef 'Curragh'. A kissing gate which was installed by Llanedi Community Council in 2007. It replace an old wooden stile. The name of the hill is Banc y Fforest but in former times it was known as Fforest Cefn Gorach. According to Deric John the 'Gorach' element means 'marsh'. Therefore the probable translation would be 'Marsh Ridge Fforest'(i.e the forest on the ridge that overlooks the marsh). The Irish 'Curragh' has the same meaning.
©Alan Richards
Dist:0.4km<br/>The original course of a small road branching off the B4306, is slowly falling back to nature since its course was diverted in the 1970s by the building of the M4 motorway. The route ends beyond the trees in the distance where the modern motorway runs down the valley. The road still exists in this form (complete with a stone river bridge) for about a half a kilometre on this side of the motorway, shorter on the other. The road's course is relatively indistinct on 1:50K maps but can clearly be followed on 1:25K resolution maps on both sides of the motorway.
©Hywel Williams
Dist:0.4km<br/>Flowers are taking over an old abandoned road. Reasons for this are given in [[517485]].
©Hywel Williams
Dist:0.5km<br/>This sign has often intrigued me as I drove past. The sign, the barbed wire over the gate seem overkill for a field with a horse in it. Far be it from me to say I have a right to enter the field - I don't as it is private property and I considered myself fairly warned regardless of the over worded sign. For all I know the horse could be dangerous and may even have used harsh language when approached. Besides, trespass is a civil offence in Wales and the land owner can only sue the trespasser if damage to property is proved or prosecute if the trespass is deemed aggravated - e.g. the trespasser refuses to leave the land when asked.
©Hywel Williams
Dist:0.7km<br/>Dyma enghraifft brin o dy annedd a oedd ar un adeg yn gyffredin iawn yng Nghymru. Credir iddo fod yn dy hir. Ceir drws yn y canol ac ar yr ochr dde cedwid yr anifeiliad. Ar y chwith y trigai'r teulu. Mae'r to sinc yn gorchuddio hen do gwellt. Yn ol cyfrifiad 1891 roedd Caehopcyn yn gartref i David Williams a'i wraig, Mary ac wyth o'u plant. Mae'r ffarm wedi bod yn wag ers 60 mlynedd. Caehopcyn (trans. Hopkin's Field) is a type of farmhouse which, at one time, was quite common in Wales. It may also be a long house where the entrance would be located in the middle of the property and where animals would be kept at the lower end (to the right in this picture). The family resided at the elevated end. Zinc sheets conceals the remains of a thatched roof. In 1891 Caehopcyn was home to David Williams and his wife, Mary, and their eight children! The farm has been empty for approximately 60 years.
©Alan Richards
Dist:0.8km<br/>This once formed one of the numerous thoroughfares across the Gwili valley. Now, the route has been severed by the building of the M4 motorway. Old maps show that the route was a through route until the motorway was built but it probably wasn't a regular or heavily used route.
©Hywel Williams
Dist:0.8km<br/>These pylons can be seen going into the distance. Also, on the hillside in the distance is the scar caused by recent work to lay a gas pipeline across the countryside.
©Hywel Williams
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©Marion Phillips
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©John Duckfield
Dist:0.9km<br/>This chapel is on the main road between Llanedi and Fforest. This view is from the stile opposite after squelching across the field from the forest plantation.
©Nigel Davies
Dist:0.9km<br/>Enghraifft brin o dwlc mochyn a fu ar un adeg yn gyffredin iawn yng Nghymru. Mae'r twlc yn dyddio o ddiwedd y 18g i ddechrau'r 19g. Ceir enghraifft o dwlc cyffelyb yn Amgueddfa Werin Cymru, Sain Ffagan. A rare example of a circular pigsty which was once a common sight throughout Wales. The listed pigsty is thought to date from between the end of the C18 to the early C19. There is an example of a similar structure at the National History Museum, St Ffagan's
©Alan Richards
Dist:1.0km south<br/>This bridge allows pedestrians to cross the Gwili avoiding the nearby ford (which is almost impossible for vehicles to use too!)
©Hywel Williams
Dist:1.1km north<br/>
©Colin Pyle
Dist:1.1km northeast<br/>This tower used to have a wind wheel to pump water from a nearby well, reminiscent of the ones seen in Western movies, but more recently has fallen into dereliction, with the fan section now lost. It was a land mark I remember from my early days, one of the things to see on the journey to my Grandmother's house.
©Hywel Williams

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