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Dist:0.3km<br/>The Preseli transmitter (SN17203067) is on the horizon.
©Dylan Moore
Dist:0.4km<br/>In the middle distance is the hamlet of Glandwr.
©Dylan Moore
Dist:1.0km<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:1.2km north<br/>End of the festivities on the last day of Glandwr School
©chris whitehouse
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 north<br/>
©chris whitehouse
Dist:1.3km north<br/>
©chris whitehouse

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