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©Dylan Moore
Dist:0.9km<br/>Judging by the surroundings the church is now a family home although gravestones still stand in the front churchyard. Those steps on the right - from inside the church surely?
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Dist:0.9km<br/>Victorian reconstruction, closed since 1999. 'This parish, which is supposed to have derived its name from the white colour of the stone of which the original church was built, is situated in a retired part of the county, at a distance from any turnpike road. It comprises a large tract of enclosed arable and pasture land, a considerable tract of mountainous common, affording pasturage for sheep, and some good turbaries, from which the inhabitants are supplied with fuel. The soil is various, and the inhabitants are principally employed in agriculture: the stone in this part of the country contains a great proportion of quartz, which is found in abundance within the parish.' From A Topographical Dictionary of Wales 1833:
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Dist:1.0km<br/>A brief shower passes over the Preseli ridge.
©Dylan Moore
Dist:1.0km west<br/>
©Dylan Moore
Dist:1.0km west<br/>Another set of stone barns lies on the other side of the road, slightly more tumbledown, but were difficult to photograph as I passed, due to the direction of the sun by that time of day.
©Richard Law
Dist:1.1km west<br/>Immediately upstream of Glynmaen Farm
©Richard Law
Dist:1.1km south<br/>
©Dylan Moore
Dist:1.2km east<br/>From the minor road junction at Anneddwen; Foel Drygarn (Three Cairn Hill) as usual draws the eye.
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Dist:1.3km east<br/>The name of this roadside farm, between Eglwyswrw and Crymych, indicates it was once a 'white dwelling'.
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Dist:1.3km east<br/>Welsh is an economical language: lladd means to slay or to kill as well as to cut/cut down; gwair serves for grass whether in its fresh or its dried form. (As usual, the roadsign man seems to be wrestling with a giant umberella!)
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Dist:1.3km southeast<br/>
©Dylan Moore
Dist:1.4km southwest<br/>The track leads to Pant-gwyn (behind me)
©Richard Law
Dist:1.4km northwest<br/>Looking southeast towards Glynmeredith with Foel Drygarn looming above in late afternoon sunshine and cloud.
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Dist:1.5km southwest<br/>
©Dylan Moore

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