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Mynachlogddu OS ref. Church SN 132282 |
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| From Llanfyrnach to Mynachlogddu the route follows the unfenced
road from Pentre Galar on the A478 which, skirting the mountains of Crugiau and Foel
Dyrch, provides a spectacular panorama of the Preseli hills. From this road
the pilgrim may look across to the great defended camp of Foel Drygarn, to the
Neolithic quarries of Garn Meini, from where the 'bluestone' was transported to Stonehenge
over 4,000 years ago, towards Cwm Cerwyn with its associations in Arthurian legend
and to the settlements and common land surrounding the village. Mynachlogddu has long been a centre of respite for pilgrims and travellers. George Owen in 1603 refers to Capel Cawey and Capel Silin as two pilgrimage chapels of the Middle Ages, though no trace of either remains. Rituals and other observances at the the Neolithic stone circle at Gors Fawr OS ref. SN 135294 would have borne witness to the significance of the region in pre-Christian times, just as the memorial to Waldo Williams OS ref. SN 136303, commemorates not only a major Pembrokeshire poet but also the tradition of Welsh pacifism. |
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