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Pembrey Circuit
Wales's national motorsport centre on the Carmarthenshire coast, a fast former-airfield circuit once used by F1 teams including McLaren and Williams for secret testing.
14 km · about 25 min drive
Wales, United Kingdom · Europe
Llangynog is worth a stop: 10 minutes from Llangain, 46km from Black Mountain Pass (A4069).
Llangynog is a town located in Wales, United Kingdom. With a population of 0, it is an important destination in Europe.
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Llangynog is a village and community located in Carmarthenshire, Wales, the main settlement of which was once called ‘Ebenezer’village. It is bordered by the communities of: Newchurch and Merthyr; Carmarthen; Llangain; Llansteffan; Laugharne Township; and St Clears, all being in Carmarthenshire. The population at theRead more
2011 census was 492.
Rocks found in a quarry near to the village in 1977 contain some of the Earth's oldest fossils which date from the Ediacaran period, 564 million years ago, when modern-day Wales was part of the micro-continent Avalonia. There are a number of Iron Age hillforts in the area but centuries of ploughing have reduced most to cropmarks only visible from the air. Several neolithic burial monuments have also been identified, notably the cromlech of Twlc-y-Fihast (‘the lair of the grey bitch’) and the nearby stone slab, Bwrrd Arthur (‘Arthur’s Table’) both associated with the legends of the Mabinogion. Medieval Llangynog lay within the boundaries of the Norman lordship of Llansteffan. The parish is named after the church, at that time a chapelry of St Ystyffan parish in the medieval Deanery of Carmarthen. It stands in an isolated location and gained grade II* listed status in 2001. Evidence of pre-conquest religious use of the site is shown through its dedication to the prominent Celtic saint Cynog and circular churchyard. The "Coomb Chapel" has a distinctive mosaic mural and was added by the Kylsant family in the 19th century. At the southern end of the parish lay an important pilgrimage route to St David's fording the Cywyn at ‘Pilgrims Rest’, a medieval hall still survives close to the ruined church of Llanfihangel Abercowin. A school for 124 children was built in 1705 and later endowed by Judge Vaughan of Derllys in 1711 for the provision of clothing and books. Ebenezer Chapel was built in 1811, its members were baptized by total immersion in the nearby ‘Afon Cynog’ steam. The 1841 tithe survey showed nearly seventy farms and three water mills grinding corn in Llangynog parish. In 1860 the Morris banking family of Carmarthen built Coombe mansion on the site of an 18th-century manor house. In 1884, the community was described as follows:Llangynog is a parish, in the higher division of the hundred of Derllys, union and county of Carmarthen, South Wales. Llangynog is 6 miles (9.7 km) south-west from Carmarthen; containing 800 inhabitants. The community comprises about 5,429 acres (21.97 km2) of good land, chiefly arable, and has been greatly improved since the year 1806. The greater part of it being now in a good state of cultivation. The surrounding scenery, with few exceptions, is tame and uninteresting, though some of the distant views are picturesque and beautiful. The soil is poor, rocky, and barren, and the chief produce is oats and barley, with a little wheat... The parish church, dedicated to St Cynog is a very plain edifice, consisting of two aisles.
The War Memorial near the village hall commemorates both world wars, and was unveiled by Princess Marie Louise (granddaughter of Queen Victoria) in 1922. Lady Kylsant sold Coombe Mansion to the Home Office in 1941 and it became a National Children's Home, initially for war evacuees. In 1960 the property was purchased by the Leonard Cheshire Foundation as a facility for ex-service veterans, remaining as residential home until 2006.
The triangle formed by Llangynog, Llangain and Llansteffan was described by Dylan Thomas as his ' "breeding-box valley". His mother's family, the Williamses, lived in the triangle, in farms such as Waunfwlchan, Llwyngwyn, Maesgwyn and Penycoed.
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Llangynog is located in Wales, United Kingdom, Europe. The coordinates are 51.8211 latitude, -4.4097 longitude.
Llangynog has a population of approximately 0 people, making it a town in United Kingdom.
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Wales's national motorsport centre on the Carmarthenshire coast, a fast former-airfield circuit once used by F1 teams including McLaren and Williams for secret testing.
14 km · about 25 min drive
beach
Charming walled seaside town with pastel-coloured Georgian houses, three sandy beaches and a medieval town wall.
26 km · about 30 min drive
beach
A sweeping three-mile beach on the Gower Peninsula with dramatic cliff views, Worm's Head promontory, and powerful surf.
30 km · about 35 min drive
beach
Triple limestone peaks guard a sweep of sand where Pennard Pill meanders to the sea on the Gower: repeatedly voted among Britain's best beaches yet reached only on foot past a ruined castle. View from Pennard cliffs is the classic.
35 km · about 40 min drive
beach
Pristine golden-sand beach accessible only on foot through dunes and woodland, regularly voted the best beach in Britain.
45 km · about 50 min drive
famous road
Exhilarating mountain road through the Brecon Beacons, a favourite of motoring programmes and often called the best driving road in Wales.
46 km · about 55 min drive
national park
Britain's only truly coastal national park, with 186 miles of path tracing dramatic cliffs, hidden coves and beaches along the wild Welsh coast.
49 km · about 55 min drive
natural wonder
Flooded slate quarry on the Pembrokeshire coast whose 25m-deep basin glows a surreal turquoise-blue, ringed by ruined quarry buildings. A former Red Bull Cliff Diving venue and coasteering favourite.
56 km · about 65 min drive
April to October
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