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Dist:0.3km north<br/>The Preseli transmitter (SN17203067) is on the horizon.
©Dylan Moore
Dist:0.4km north<br/>In the middle distance is the hamlet of Glandwr.
©Dylan Moore
Dist:1.0km south<br/>Above Fron farm
©John Duckfield
Dist:1.1km southeast<br/>Ancient Mound (identified as Motte on O.S. map) and sheep in foreground. Late afternoon sun shining on wind farm to the east.
©Dave Evans
Dist:1.1km south<br/>This is a view downstream of the stream that flows west into the Afon Taf at Llanglydwen about a kilometre further on. The Afon Taf flows into the sea at Laugharne.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:1.1km south<br/>An idyllic location in less than idyllic weather. This is a view upstream of the stream that flows west into the Afon Taf at Llanglydwen about a kilometre west.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:1.1km north<br/>
©Dylan Moore
Dist:1.1km south<br/>This is the bridge over the Afon Tigen, a tributary of the Afon Taf.
©Brian Robert Marshall
Dist:1.2km north<br/>The plaque on the front of the chapel tells us that it was built in 1712, rebuilt and enlarged in 1717, rebuilt and enlarged in 1774, rebuilt and enlarged in 1836, then renewed and improved in 1874. At the bottom, it's signed by O. R. Owen, Minister. He was a busy chap over the course of 160-odd years.
©Richard Law
Dist:1.2km south<br/>Taking stone to market
©John Duckfield
Dist:1.3km northeast<br/>The little river Elwyn is joined at this point by tributaries flowing from the south and north. The whole area is now a tangled woodland that conceals traces of old quarrying activity. Old maps indicate there was a ford here.
©ceridwen
Dist:1.3km northeast<br/>The OS Explorer map promised a waterfall but the best that could be found were these minor torrents below the old quarries.
©ceridwen
Dist:1.3km northeast<br/>While searching for signs of former quarrying activities in the woodland, it was rewarding to discover this long-lost and almost concealed stone bridge that carries a faint path across the river. It may well have been used to take out the stone with horsedrawn carts.
©ceridwen
Dist:1.3km south<br/>The valley of the Afon Tigen, looking northwest, with the highest point of the Preseli Hills (Foel Cwmcerwyn) in the distance.
©Dave Evans
Dist:1.4km northeast<br/>The river here runs in parallel channels but it's impossible to tell whether this is a natural or an artificial arrangement.
©ceridwen

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