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Cottages lining the hillside at Graig
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©George Tod
Dist:0.1km<br/>The cave was excavated by Dr Henry Hicks in 1897. He unearthed the bones of 16 different species of animal, including mammoth, woolly rhinoceros, hyena, elk, wolf and cave lion. One of the flint tools unearthed in the cave was later carbon dated to 38,000 B.C. The bones and flint tools are now housed in the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff and the cave is a protected site.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>Brynbella, the 18th century mansion once owned by Mrs Thrale, stands behind a long stone wall below the village of Tremeirchion. Mrs Thrale was a friend of Dr Samuel Johnson. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hester_Thrale
©Eirian Evans
Dist:0.3km<br/>The Starters is situated to the south of the village of Tremeirchion, and near to the site of St Beuno's Holy Well.
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Dist:0.6km<br/>The church of Corpus Christi is situated in the small village of Tremeirchion, about three miles to the east of St Asaph. The church is first recorded in the 1291 Taxation, and the building itself is a single chambered structure which has been claimed as 14thC. his is reputedly the only medieval church in Britain dedicated to Corpus Christi.
©Eirian Evans
Dist:0.6km<br/>One of the 12 large yews in the churchyard, near the preaching cross.
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©Eirian Evans
Dist:0.6km<br/>Canopied 14th century tomb of a former vicar of the church, Dafydd ap Hywel ap Madog (Black David, the teacher of Hiraddug). He was a bard, writer and prophet.
©Eirian Evans
Dist:0.6km<br/>Window depicting the nativity in the north transept of the church, and there is an effigy of a medieval knight from about 1280.
©Eirian Evans

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